Hilda, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hilda-Triplett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40351. It stands on Jane Branch. The Survey maps it on the Farmers quadrangle.
On record in Hilda
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Brushy Voting House No. 6listed 1998 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1929 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Farmers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Farmers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Hilda between 1997 and 2019, burning about 409 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRATTON BRANCH |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EXIT 133 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hilda in 15 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilda | $10,000 | A roof was blown off a storage building near the community of Hilda. |
| December 2019 | Flood | Hilda | $3,500 | The county Emergency Manager reported flooding on Kentucky Highway 377 near Munson and on Big Woods Road near Hilda. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilda | $2,500 | Power lines were downed due to a broken power pole near Hilda. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Hilda | $1,000 | Water was flowing across Hwy 32 where it intersects I-64 near Morehead. |
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | Hilda | - | The mesonet station in Rowan County measured 1.58 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilda | - | Dispatch relayed a report of a tree blown down on Bluestone Road west of Morehead. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Hilda | - | A citizen reported penny sized hail near Hilda. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilda | - | Law enforcement reported numerous trees down in and around Morehead. This includes the north end of Kentucky Highway 32, both ends of U.S. Highway 60, and Ridgeway Drive. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilda | - | An NWS storm survey revealed multiple trees snapped and uprooted at a residence on Treebrook Lane as well as additional tree damage along Highways 158 and 32 north of Morehead. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilda | - | Trees were blown down on Bratton Branch Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilda | - | Trees and large limbs were blown down making Jackson Drive impassable. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Hilda | - | Big Woods Rd off of route 32 was closed due to 18 inches of water swiftly flowing over the road. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Hilda | - | One lane of west bound I-64 was closed at mile marker 138 due to high water in Morehead. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Hilda | - | Water was reported over the road on Hwy 32 near the Guardian Factory in Morehead. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hilda | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512704. 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.






