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Hinesdale, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hammonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42765. It lies near Buckner Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Canmer quadrangle.

Hinesdale within Hart County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

13 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Hinesdale between 2005 and 2016, burning about 39 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony3
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
11 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2011Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMCCUBBINS FIRE
18 April 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHESTNUT GROVE CEM.
11 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2014Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWALDECK
18 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hart County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hinesdale: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Geralds Stone Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bowles Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Childress Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in Hart County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hinesdale in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2026Thunderstorm WindHinesdale-A tree was blocking both lanes on the 1600 block of Omar Chaney Road.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHinesdale-A Hart County official reported trees and power lines down in the area.
May 2010FloodHinesdale-The Green River at Munfordville crested at 51.9 feet around 5 AM EST on May 4. Flood stage at Munfordville is 28 feet. Moderate flooding occurs at this level, with the city park below the U.S. 31W bridge flooded, and most agricultural bottom land flooded.

Every storm recorded in Hart 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
Glen Lily1.7 miles12
Rio2.8 miles12
Old Linwood (historical)3.3 miles12
Canmer3.5 miles12
Linwood3.7 miles12
Perryville4.6 miles11
Munfordville4.7 miles11
Hardyville4.8 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122598853The 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 508248. 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.