Hudson, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the McDaniels-Hudson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40145. The Survey maps it on the Custer quadrangle. It stands 784 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1953 USGS Custer quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Custer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Hudson between 1998 and 2018, burning about 368 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 | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 13 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hudson in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | Trees and power lines were downed on Kentucky Route 401 near the Hudson community. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Hudson | - | Hail was also reported at Madrid and at Rough River Lake. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Centerview | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Constantine | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Buras | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Mook | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Madrid | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dyer | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Se Ree | 5.9 miles | 13 |
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 Hudson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5928499 | 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 508289. 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.






