Hamilton, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Walton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41091. It stands on Landing Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rising Sun quadrangle.
On record in Hamilton
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.
- M. Miller Houselisted 1989 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Rising Sun quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Rising Sun quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rising Sun quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rising Sun quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton between 2010 and 2014, burning about 26 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MUD LICK |
| 6 November 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BACKWATERS |
| 30 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIG BONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hamilton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot Aggregate Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamilton in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | $15,000 | A roof was blown off a house on Beaver Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | $10,000 | A barn was damaged and other property damage occurred. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | $1,000 | A tree was downed over Big Bone Church Road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bone | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hume | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Beaverlick | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rabbit Hash | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hueys Corners | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Waterloo | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| McVille | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Union | 6.9 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Hamilton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5644762 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508167. 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.






