Lawhorn Hill, Kentucky
8 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 lies near Elliott Knob. The Survey maps it on the Yosemite quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Yosemite quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
60 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Lawhorn Hill between 1998 and 2020, burning about 969 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 41 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STRONG BRANCH |
| 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 |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MASSENGALE |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELLIOT |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FIRE TOWER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lawhorn Hill in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawhorn Hill | $35,000 | A trained spotter reported power lines down at the intersection of Highway 501 and 1649. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawhorn Hill | - | Scattered tree damage was caused by strong thunderstorm winds across Casey County. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawhorn Hill | - | Trees were blown down east of Liberty in Casey County. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawhorn Hill | - | Trees were reported down at Chestnut Hill Road and Poplar Level Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Springs (historical) | 1.9 miles | 7 | |
| Lanhamtown | 2.9 miles | 7 | |
| Calvary (historical) | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Moore | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Gilpin | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Yosemite | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Athens | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Cantown | 4.1 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 Q122569878 | 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 496066. 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.



