Hatcher, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Campbellsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42718. The Survey maps it on the Campbellsville quadrangle. It stands 820 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Hatcher between 1998 and 2019, burning about 77 acres in total. 1 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LEMONS BEND RD. FIRE |
| 6 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hatcher in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatcher | - | A trained spotter reported a large tree limb down and damaged a swing set on Blue Hole Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatcher | - | A trained spotter reported a six inch diameter tree fell down near KY 55 but did not block the roadway. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Hatcher | - | A person was rescued from a vehicle on KY 3098 near the Taylor-Green County Line. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Hatcher | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdick | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Wrights | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| South Campbellsville | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Campbellsville | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Atchison | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Romine | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sweeneyville | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Elk Horn | 4.6 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 Hatcher | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690561 | 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 508203. 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.




