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Hackley, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Paint Lick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40444. It stands on Devours Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kirksville quadrangle.

Hackley within Garrard County

On record in Hackley

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Hackley between 1999 and 2016, burning about 83 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 August 1999Natural30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2009Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 February 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 November 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 October 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBACK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garrard County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hackley: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Harmony Church Clay BedClayProspect
Price Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Garrard County

Storms near this place

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hackley in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2018Tornado (EF1)Hackley$50,000A small and brief EF1 tornado touched down near a ridge-top on Gillespie Pike east of Lancaster. The tornado first uprooted a tree, then came to a small shed, which it shifted off its foundation into a fence. The main property for that shed then had a loss of roof covering as well as impact from debris. Another outbuilding was overturned and slid about 10 feet. The tornado then crossed the street, where a brick veneer home lost part of its outer wall, as it was struck by debris, as well as some roof damage. A couple of columns on the porch fell. The adjoining garage lost its roof and doors were bent inward, falling onto the vehicles inside. A barn behind the house collapsed and another outbuilding completely lost its walls, but the contents were not disturbed. This is the point where the tornado lifted.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHackley-A tree was blown down over the 100 block of Kelly Ridge Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHackley-Trees fell down on Gillespie Pike and Highway 1295.
October 2014HailHackley-Hail up to the size of Golf Balls fell just west of Paint Lick, with a photo relayed via twitter.
May 2009Tornado (EF2)Hackley-The tornado first touched down in the Nina Ridge Road area three miles ESE of McCreary in Garrard County. The tornado caused EF-1 damage at this location before strengthening to EF-2 just before entering Madison County. ||Near the intersection of Highways 1295 and 52 in Madison County, the tornado reached EF-3 intensity. Near this intersection, two adults were killed when the mobile home they were in was picked up and thrown by the tornado. The bodies were recovered from a nearby pond. Five other occupants of the mobile home, including three children, were injured. A female relative in a brick home just yards away from the mobile home received only minor injuries despite being pinned under a collapsed wall in the house. ||The tornado weakened and lifted at times as it continued east across the county, but still caused significant damage. It tore much of the roof off a fire station on the south side of Richmond before moving over the Bluegrass Army Depot toward the community of Waco in the eastern part of the county. After doing extensive damage to mainly roofs in a subdivision of brick homes near Waco, the tornado destroyed a mobile home in the area, carrying two teenage male occupants of the home through the air before dropping them near an elementary school 300 yards away. The teens miraculously received only minor injuries. The tornado weakened significantly from this point on, doing only minor roof damage and downing trees as it continued eastward before lifting near the end of Drowning Creek Road. ||The tornado was up to 150 yards wide with maximum estimated wind speeds up to 140 mph. Approximately 150 homes received damage, the most severe being several brick homes where only interior walls remained standing in the wake of the tornado.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindHackley-Trees were blown across Route 1295.

Every storm recorded in Garrard County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Nina2.1 miles15
Lowell2.9 miles14
Point Leavell3.0 miles14
Hyattsville3.3 miles12
Paint Lick3.5 miles14
McCreary3.5 miles10
Manse3.6 miles14
Guy (historical)4.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508153. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.