Kingswood, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hardinsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40144. The Survey maps it on the Kingswood quadrangle. It stands 732 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Kingswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Kingswood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Kingswood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Kingswood between 1998 and 2019, burning about 147 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 13 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FRED PHILLIPS FIRE |
| 18 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KINGWOOD |
| 7 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingswood in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Hail | Kingswood | - | Ping pong-ball sized hail was observed south of Harned. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Kingswood | - | Department of Highway officials reported that Tuels Creek Rd was closed due to high water and excessive heavy rainfall. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingswood | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Kingswood | - | 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.
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 Kingswood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19462784 | 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 495771. 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.







