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Horton, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Beaver Dam census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42320. It stands on Elmlick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horton quadrangle.

Horton within Ohio County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

34 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Horton between 2000 and 2014, burning about 345 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking1
Natural1

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
22 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBLISTER FIRE
13 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 July 2012Natural14 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBEAGLE CLU
17 July 2001Debris and open burning1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2011Railroad operations and maintenance55 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROCKY CREEK
3 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 April 2001Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ohio County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horton in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
February 2025Flash FloodHorton$10,000A car was stranded in flood waters near the intersection of Bethel Church Road and US Route 62.
June 2019Flash FloodHorton-Flash flooding was reported near the intersection of Vinehill Road and Highway 62.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindHorton-A Kentucky Mesonet site measured a wind gust of 70 knots.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHorton-A tree was blown down near Bethel Church Road near Beaver Dam.

Every storm recorded in Ohio 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
Sandefur Crossing2.2 miles11
Mount Pleasant3.0 miles11
Rosine3.2 miles11
Rob Roy3.4 miles11
Jingo4.4 miles11
Beaver Dam4.7 miles11
Windy Hill5.1 miles11
Renfrow5.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508284. 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.