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Judy, Kentucky

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mount Sterling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40353. It stands on Lane Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sharpsburg quadrangle. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.

Judy within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Judy between 2000 and 2011, burning about 20 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySR 486
28 March 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROGERS MILL
20 March 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryAARONS RUN
7 February 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 February 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 November 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 October 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Judy in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 hail, 3 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
June 2011Thunderstorm WindJudy$50,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in Judy. One tree was blown down and onto a house. Roofs and barns around the area were heavily damaged. The damage was confined to an area around and within two miles of Judy.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindJudy$10,000Thunderstorm wind gusts caused significant damage in the Judy area.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindJudy$10,000Multiple trees were blown down on Cecil Pike and Stepstone Road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindJudy$2,000Several large trees down, one on a residence.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindJudy$1,000A power line was blown down along the 7000 block of Maysville Road near the Montgomery-Bath county line.
March 2015FloodJudy$1,000Bunker Hill Rd, or Hwy 537, had to be closed due to flooding.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindJudy$1,000A billboard was damaged on US 60 east near exit 133.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindJudy$1,000Trees down on Kentucky Route 11 North (Maysville Road).
May 2020FloodJudy$400A citizen reported water over Cecil Road northwest of Judy at a low water crossing.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindJudy-Montgomery County Dispatch reports widespread tree damage across the county from the storms this evening.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindJudy-Several trees were reportedly blown down onto Cecil Road near the Montgomery-Bath county line.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindJudy-The county Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines down on Cecil Pike Road off of Kentucky Highway 11.
February 2019FloodJudy-A local media outlet relayed a report of water over a road near Judy as well as water inundating both lanes of Aarons Run Road outside of Sideview.
May 2018Flash FloodJudy-A citizen reported water flowing over a bridge on Aarons Run Road near Bunker Hill Road northwest of Judy.
June 2017Flash FloodJudy-Dispatch reported several roads as flooded and impassable throughout the county, including U.S. Highway 460 near the Montgomery and Menifee County line. A solid 1 to 3 inches of rain fell throughout the county.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindJudy-Trees were blown down on the 4600 block of Van Thompson Rd near Hwy 537.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindJudy-Trees were blown down on Bunker Hill Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindJudy-A tree was blown down on Bunker Hill Rd.
August 2015Heavy RainJudy-A report of 5.10 inches of rain was received by broadcast media near Judy. One-half inch diameter hail was also observed in this location.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindJudy-Trees were blown down on Thompson Road.
March 2013Flash FloodJudy-The intersection of Aarons Ridge Road and Bunkerhill Road was impassable due to flash flooding.
August 2009Flash FloodJudy-Dispatch reported numerous roads impassable across the county. Some roads affected include Main Street in Mount Sterling, Kidwell Road, Levee Road, Hinkstonpike, US Highway 60, Prewitt Grassy Road, and Owinsgville Road.
April 2009Flash FloodJudy-High water closed Hinkston and Wyandot Roads.
November 2007HailJudy-no account filed
June 2004HailJudy-no account filed
September 2002HailJudy-no account filed
July 1994HailJudy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Aarons Run (historical)2.3 miles5
Stoops2.3 miles6
Pine Hill (historical)3.3 miles8
Smithville (historical)3.4 miles8
Peytons (historical)3.5 miles6
Sideview4.3 miles7
Ewington4.4 miles8
Plum Lick (historical)4.5 miles5

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 JudyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690737The 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 495544. 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.