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Jerico, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lewisburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42256. It stands on Clifty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lewisburg quadrangle.

Jerico within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

17 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Jerico between 2001 and 2016, burning about 73 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
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2008Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 August 2007Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 June 2008Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 April 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2009Equipment and vehicle use20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 March 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jerico: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc. 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
Frazier Hollow ProspectBarium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspect
Kentucky Flagstone Company QuarrySilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jerico in 25 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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
August 2012Thunderstorm WindJerico1 killed, $15,000The state EOC reported that strong thunderstorm winds toppled a tree onto the porch of a resident in Lewisburg. A man was killed.
November 2007Thunderstorm WindJerico$10,000A tree fell on a home at Lewisburg.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindJerico$4,000Local law enforcement reported that a roof was removed from a mobile home. Sections of this roof struck several power lines, which were downed.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindJerico$2,000The local fire department reported minor roof damage to a house in Lewisburg.
March 2026Tornado (EF0)Jerico-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey on Tuesday, March 17th for the storms that occurred on Sunday night, March 15th. A tornado was determined to have occurred in Logan County with max winds of 85 MPH (EF0).||Damage was first observed along Forgy Road where some large softwood trees were either uprooted or snapped. Due to the isolated nature of the damage, a lower bound was used at 80 mph as the max wind speed at this location. The tornado continued to the northeast along Duncan Ridge Road where more trees were uprooted. Moving east along Duncan Ridge Road, more trees were uprooted and a residence had shingle damage. Near Deer Lick Road (to the west of Lewisburg), there was a roof lofted off a storage outbuilding at a residence where wood planks were impaled in a couple of |directions, one of which was in the opposite direction of the storm motion due to the tornado rotation. The max wind of 85 mph occurred at this residence. Additional tree damage was observed across Deer Lick Road.
May 2024HailJerico-Golf ball sized hail was observed near Lewisburg in northwestern Logan County.
May 2024HailJerico-Quarter sized hail was observed near Lewisburg in northwestern Logan County.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindJerico-Multiple trees were blown down by strong winds in the Lewisburg area.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindJerico-Trees were down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindJerico-Dispatch reported multiple trees down in the Lewisburg area.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindJerico-A law enforcement official reported trees down on Highway 431.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindJerico-A tree was blown down on Highway 431.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindJerico-A tree was down on Hwy. 431.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindJerico-Law enforcement reported a tree blown down.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindJerico-Local law enforcement reported that several trees and power lines were downed near Lewisburg.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindJerico-Law enforcement reported several powerlines down near Lewisburg.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindJerico-Trees were reported down in Logan county.
May 2010Flash FloodJerico-Deerlick Rd. was closed between mile markers 4 and 5. Cooperstown-Quality Rd. was closed due to high water. Beechland and Gordonsville roads were closed due to high water.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindJerico-Several trees were down in the Lewisburg area.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindJerico-Trees were down on HWY 96 in Lewisburg.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJerico-Trees were downed in Lewisburg.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindJerico-Trees and power lines down on Spa Road in Lewisburg.
May 2025HailJerico-no account filed
April 2002HailJerico-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindJerico-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Logan 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
Lewisburg1.8 miles8
Wolf Lick1.9 miles11
Henrysville (historical)1.9 miles8
Stewarts Ridge (historical)2.1 miles8
Diamond Springs2.7 miles11
Spa2.8 miles7
Edwards3.2 miles8
Deer Lick3.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 495231. 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.