Harned, 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 40144. The Survey maps it on the Hardinsburg quadrangle. It stands 748 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1928 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Harned between 1999 and 2019, burning about 94 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FRED PHILLIPS FIRE |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KINGWOOD |
| 7 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SEREE-WEST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harned in 17 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harned | 2 hurt, $30,000 | An amateur radio operator reported trailers flipped over at Nancy Butler Trailer Park. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harned | $50,000 | A tree fell on the corner of a house in Harned. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Harned | $50,000 | The tornado first touched down at the west end of H Wilson Road as an EF-0, where around one dozen trees were snapped and uprooted. A barn collapsed when an oak tree fell on it. At the intersection of State Highway 79 and H Wilson Road, EF-2 damage occurred when a roof was torn from a home and thrown 60 yards. A 30 by 50 foot barn was thrown 200 yards and metal sheeting was thrown 300 yards. Several power poles were found leaning over State Highway 79. This tornado dissipated after snapping and uprooting several trees between State Highway 79 and Harned Locust Hill Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harned | $20,000 | There was damage to a building under construction. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harned | $10,000 | The public reported severe thunderstorm winds peeled the metal roof off a house and destroyed a small barn. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harned | $8,000 | Strong straight line winds removed the roof from an old barn, throwing it onto the roof of a residence, damaging its roof in turn. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harned | $6,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down along Highway 60. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Harned | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Breckinridge County, near the communities of Hardinsburg and Harned, and determined an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 100 mph occurred the evening of March 30th, 2025. The tornado had a path length of 2.55 miles and a width of 30 yards. ||The first damage that was observed was along Butler Hobbs Road where a barn had roof panels lifted off for most of the south facing side of the building. The tornado continued along Butler Hobbs Road where several trees had large branch damage. The |tornado then crossed Ephesus Church Road where another barn had roof panel loss. The most significant damage occurred along US Highway 60 near Harned where several barn buildings had significant roof damage on the east and southeast side of the |building, which was the direction that the tornado approached. A barn and garage outbuilding were completely destroyed with estimated max wind speeds of 100 mph. A nearby residence also had wind damage, but there was clear evidence that the tornado was loosing strength with winds at this location near 80 mph. After crossing US Highway 60, there was no additional observable damage from this tornado. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Harned | - | Portions of Butler Hobbs Road and Ephesus Church Road were flooded. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harned | - | A Breckinridge County official reported trees down. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harned | - | Tree limbs were reported down on power lines. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Harned | - | The county Emergency Manager reported penny size hail. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harned | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harned | - | Trees were downed. Hail of an undetermined size was also reported. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Harned | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Harned | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Harned | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswood | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Codyville | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hardinsburg | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Locust Hill | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Westview | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Garfield | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Kirk | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hensley | 5.0 miles | 16 |
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 Harned | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5659707 | 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 493771. 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.
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.










