Kirkmansville, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Kirkmansville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42220. It stands on Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kirkmansville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS Drakesboro quadrangle1:48000
- 1913 USGS Drakesboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Kirkmansville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Kirkmansville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Kirkmansville between 2001 and 2010, burning about 189 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 125 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 February 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirkmansville in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkmansville | $3,000 | Trees were down along Highway 107 east of Kirkmansville. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Kirkmansville | - | Hail up to the size of quarters fell near the Christian County line just west of Kirkmansville. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Kirkmansville | - | A foot of water was over KY-107 between Kirkmansville and Clifty. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkmansville | - | Numerous trees were blown down in the west part of the county. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkmansville | - | Two trees were blown down on Highway 171 just south of the Muhlenberg County border. Hail covered the ground at Clifty, but the hail size was not reported. |
| April 1999 | Flood | Kirkmansville | - | Slow-moving thunderstorms caused some minor problems with water over roads in northwest Todd County. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Kirkmansville | - | Baseball size hail fell near Kirkmansville. |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Kirkmansville | - | A nearly stationary thunderstorm dumped excessive rainfall over a small part of Todd County northwest of Elkton. Estimated rainfall amounts of 2.5 inches in one hour were reported. The storm occurred over a small part of the county that was sparsely populated. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkmansville | - | Trees were blown down. |
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Kirkmansville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuckertown (historical) | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Mount Tabor | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Clifty | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Allegre | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Flat Rock (historical) | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Tyewhoppety | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Mays Store | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Grove | 7.0 miles | 7 |
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 Kirkmansville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122543384 | 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 495801. 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.







