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Harrods Creek, Kentucky

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the East Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40059. It stands on Harrods Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jeffersonville quadrangle.

Harrods Creek within Jefferson County

On record in Harrods Creek

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 12 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Harrods Creek: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Utica QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alert DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Martha E. Green DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utica Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utica Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

12 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harrods Creek in 12 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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
March 2015FloodHarrods Creek1 killedA 67-year old male was preparing to leave his home along the banks of the Ohio River as flood waters rose on March 14. Before he could reach his car, however, the flood waters overcame him. He was found 6 days later not far from his home.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindHarrods Creek$75,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Three vehicles were destroyed when trees were blown on to them. Thirteen thousand customers were without power throughout Jefferson County.
February 2011Tornado (EF1)Harrods Creek$2,000This tornado is a continuation of the tornado that hit Utica in Clark county Indiana. After crossing the Ohio River the tornado moved into Harrods Creek. Numerous hardwood trees were snapped and a section of roof was blown off a house. The tornado was rated an EF-1 with a maximum wind speed of 100 mph and a width of 100 yards. The tornado lifted just west of US 42.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHarrods Creek-There were trees reported down in the 7100 block of River Road and near the intersection of the Snyder and Interstate 71.
February 2018FloodHarrods Creek-River Road closed from Captains Quarters to Wolf Pen Branch due to high water and flooding.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHarrods Creek-Local broadcast media reported downed trees near Prospect, Kentucky in the Wolf Pen and Springdale neighborhood areas.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindHarrods Creek-The local media reported numerous power lines downed by an outflow boundary ahead of a thunderstorm.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindHarrods Creek-A tree was blown down and siding blown off a house near the Fincastle area.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindHarrods Creek-Trees were downed in the Brownsboro Road area.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindHarrods Creek-Trees were blown down.
May 2009HailHarrods Creek-no account filed
August 2007HailHarrods Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Gulthrie Beach0.9 miles21
Riverside Beach0.9 miles21
Green Spring1.1 miles16
Juniper Beach1.1 miles21
Transylvania Beach1.1 miles21
Goose Creek1.4 miles21
Glenview Heights1.7 miles21
Glenview1.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 493824. 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.

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.