Linwood, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hammonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42765. It lies near Grindstone Knob. The Survey maps it on the Canmer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1934 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Canmer quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Linwood between 2004 and 2011, burning about 96 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 | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 31 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linwood in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Hail | Linwood | $50 | Large limbs were blown out of trees in Taylorsville and large hail fell at Linwood. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linwood | - | Trees were blown down, blocking Round Bottom Road and Roy Cann Road. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linwood | - | A tree blew down in Linwood. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linwood | - | Local emergency management reported several trees down across northern Hart County. Specifically, one fell across State Highway 566 just west of Eve. Another tree fell in Eve. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Linwood | - | Water covered Power Mills Road, or State Highway 569. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linwood | - | A number of trees were downed in the area. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linwood | - | A number of trees were downed. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Linwood (historical) | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rio | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Powder Mill | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Pike View | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Glen Lily | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Jonesville | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Canmer | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hinesdale | 3.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508468. 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.





