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Haywood, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Glasgow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42141. It stands on Boyds Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glasgow South quadrangle. It stands 751 feet above sea level.

Haywood within Barren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Haywood between 1998 and 2014, burning about 3 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 ceremony1
Smoking1
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
1 April 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 March 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryROCKY FIRE
24 November 1998Smoking1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barren 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 Haywood: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Barren County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barren County

Storms near this place

10 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haywood in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 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
April 2018Thunderstorm WindHaywood$75,000The Barren County emergency manager reported that a large tree fell on a house resulting in significant structural damage.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindHaywood$20,000The Barren County emergency manager reported that a barn was blown over. Another nearby barn had roof damage. Nearby, several trees were downed along State Highway 25 southwest of Glasgow.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHaywood$5,000no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHaywood$750A fallen tree was blocking Highway 31E.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHaywood-Numerous trees were snapped, uprooted, and splintered across a swath southwest of Glasgow and northwest of U.S. Route 31E. Wind damage was consistent wind peak winds of up to 100 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHaywood-A tree fell on Scottsville Road.
June 2015FloodHaywood-Approximately 1 to 2 inches of flowing water covered Highway 31E southwest of town. The road remained passable according to a report received from the public.
July 2015Flash FloodHaywood-A law enforcement official reported that water was flowing over the roadways.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHaywood-Trees were blown down in Haywood.
April 2011HailHaywood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barren 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
Pritchardsville2.7 miles10
Bristletown3.0 miles10
Beckton4.2 miles8
Glasgow4.8 miles10
Roseville4.8 miles10
Lucas5.0 miles8
Rocky Hill5.1 miles8
Oil City6.0 miles13

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 HaywoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5687419The 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 493941. 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.