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Hardinsburg, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hardinsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40143. The Survey maps it on the Hardinsburg quadrangle. 2,385 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 709 feet above sea level.

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Hardinsburg within Breckinridge County

Population over time

2 figures

Hardinsburg grew from 2,343 to 2,385 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,343
20202,385+42 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hardinsburg between 1999 and 2013, burning about 135 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning1

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
24 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance65 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHREWSBURY FIRE
6 April 2013Recreation and ceremony12 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFRED PHILLIPS FIRE
28 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2007Railroad operations and maintenance12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 February 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 November 2008Recreation and ceremony20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Breckinridge County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hardinsburg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Hardinsburg QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Breckinridge County

Storms near this place

37 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardinsburg in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
June 2004Tornado (F0)Hardinsburg$100,000A tornado touched down just east of Old U.S. Highway 60 in Hardinsburg near the Breckinridge County Emergency Management Center. It damaged many trees along a path toward Meadowside Apartments. There was roof damage to several apartments in two complexes. The tornado tore the porch off a church. It overturned a mobile home on Cody Lane. There was also some structural and tree damage nearby caused by straight line winds. Only minor injuries were reported.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg$100,000no account filed
March 2020Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg$20,000A boat was blown out of a carport. Several fences were blown down. A barn canopy was bent, and a cargo trailer got pushed into a truck.
May 2000HailHardinsburg$15,000Cars were damaged by hail at Hardinsburg.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg$2,000no account filed
January 2000Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg$1,000Windows blown out of a house
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-Large trees were uprooted. There was also minor structural damage near Hardinsburg Baptist Church.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-Trees and power lines were downed by strong winds in Hardinsburg.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-Trees were downed along Kentucky Route 261 just outside of Hardinsburg.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-Trees were down across State Road 259, approximately 3 miles north of Hardinsburg, Kentucky.
October 2009Tornado (EF0)Hardinsburg-The tornado damaged several mobile homes on Lyons-Daughtery Road and snapped several trees. Near the intersection of O Alexander Road an old tobacco barn was completely destroyed. The tornado continued down O Alexander Road and destroyed another old barn. Trees near the end of the road were snapped and the tornado lifted shortly thereafter. ||Maximum winds were estimated to be 85 mph. There were no injuries or fatalities.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-Trees were downed.
May 2004Flash FloodHardinsburg-Water was over a bridge on Kirk Axtel Road near Glen Dean.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-Power lines were downed.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-Several trees were downed.
May 2000HailHardinsburg-Hail covered the ground.
May 1995HailHardinsburg-Breckinridge County dispatch reports three-quarters inch hail.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-Dispatch reports trees and power lines down across the county.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-Power lines blown down.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-no account filed
April 2017HailHardinsburg-no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-no account filed
January 2006HailHardinsburg-no account filed
May 2006HailHardinsburg-no account filed
May 2006HailHardinsburg-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-no account filed
May 2003HailHardinsburg-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-no account filed
May 2000HailHardinsburg-no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-no account filed
March 1997HailHardinsburg-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg-no account filed
March 1997HailHardinsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Breckinridge 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
Codyville0.7 miles17
Harned3.2 miles17
Kirk4.0 miles13
Kingswood5.0 miles13
Garfield5.5 miles16
McQuady5.8 miles13
Westview6.2 miles13
Locust Hill6.6 miles11

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 HardinsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2297284The 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 493730. 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.