Kelly, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hopkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. The Survey maps it on the Kelly quadrangle. It stands 797 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Kelly quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Kelly quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Kelly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Kelly quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Kelly between 1999 and 2014, burning about 346 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 June 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MEDIAN FIR |
| 6 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOPKINSVILLE /MT ZION |
| 3 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kelly: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Highway Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kelly in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Kelly | $15,000 | An unoccupied mobile home was damaged. The mobile home was unroofed and pushed off its foundation. The tin roof on a garage was partially blown off. A garage door was pushed in, and another large garage door was blown out. Tin and other lightweight materials were blown several hundred feet. Peak winds in this very short track tornado were estimated near 80 MPH. Several witnesses reported their observations to local law enforcement officials. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Kelly | - | Quarter size hail fell along Cavanah Rd north of Hopkinsville. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Kelly | - | Hail estimated to nickel size fell on Woodburn-Hay Rd. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kelly | - | Heavy rains from an evening thunderstorm resulted in flooding of low-lying areas in Kelly. The ground was already saturated from a thunderstorm complex during the early morning hours. The Kentucky mesonet site located six miles north of Hopkinsville measured 4.05 inches for the calendar day. A trained spotter in Gracey measured 4.32 inches for the day. |
| January 2012 | Hail | Kelly | - | Small tree limbs were reported down at this same location. Winds were estimated near 55 mph. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Kelly | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Kelly | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavanaugh | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Dogwood | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Green Hill | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Thomas Store (historical) | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Antioch (historical) | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Palestine (historical) | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Crofton | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hickory With (historical) | 5.6 miles | 12 |
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 Kelly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22030522 | 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 495617. 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.






