Lanhamtown, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42539. It stands on Doe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Lanhamtown between 1998 and 2020, burning about 634 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 41 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WATSON SAWMILL |
| 22 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FAIRVIEW CHURCH FIRE |
| 17 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | 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 Lanhamtown: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roadcut Bench Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lanhamtown in 8 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanhamtown | $5,000 | A Casey County official reported trees down and power outages. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Lanhamtown | - | Highway 127 flooded north of Liberty. Water receded in the night. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Lanhamtown | - | There was a water rescue for a person in a semi truck on Dry Ridge Road. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanhamtown | - | A tree was on US 127 near the Casey County Board of Education. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanhamtown | - | Multiple trees were blown down on Highway 70 near Casey County High School. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Lanhamtown | - | US 127 was closed due to high water. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Lanhamtown | - | Multiple roads were closed in Liberty due to high water. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanhamtown | - | A Kentucky department of highways official reported to the NWS that a large tree was blown down over a roadway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore | 0.7 miles | 7 | |
| Stapp (historical) | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Lawhorn Hill | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Yosemite | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Poplar Springs (historical) | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Liberty | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Middleburg | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Beech Bottom | 3.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122570786 | 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 508427. 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.



