Lovelaceville, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wickliffe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42060. It stands on Granite Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lovelaceville quadrangle. 124 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 374 feet above sea level.
On record in Lovelaceville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Andrew Lovelace Jr. Houselisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Fancy Farm quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Lovelaceville between 1998 and 2012, burning about 118 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 | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROSS CROSSING |
| 22 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MT. ZION C |
| 7 March 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 November 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 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 Lovelaceville in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Lovelaceville | $100,000 | In La Center, flash flooding damaged three businesses along U.S. Highway 60. A storage building, propane company, and insurance company were flooded to a depth of approximately 5 to 8 inches. Water in parts of a parking lot was over four feet deep. Water at one point flooded over the top of a 500-gallon tank. Several vehicles were stranded in at least two feet of floodwater across U.S. Highway 62 near Lovelaceville. Highway 2532 near Kevil was closed due to at least one-half foot of flowing water across it. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelaceville | $20,000 | The entire roof was ripped off an old vacant school building. A utility pole was broken. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelaceville | $15,000 | Trees were down in Lovelaceville and along U.S. Highway 62 near the Mayfield Creek bridge. A vehicle was damaged. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelaceville | $10,000 | Two large trees were blown down near U.S. Highway 62. Utility companies cleared the debris, which affected power lines. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Lovelaceville | $5,000 | The tornado touched down near Lovelaceville in Ballard County, but the vast majority of the track was in McCracken County. This tornado uprooted and snapped several trees before it crossed into McCracken County. The tornado crossed U.S. Highway 62 near the south edge of Lovelaceville. Peak winds in Ballard County were estimated near 100 mph. This was the third and longest of three tornadoes that occurred along a path from western Carlisle County to McCracken County. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelaceville | $5,000 | Many large branches were blown down along a half-mile stretch U.S. Highway 62. A combination of power lines and tree limbs across the road kept traffic restricted to one lane for a couple hours. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Lovelaceville | - | U.S. Highway 62 was closed at the Carlisle County line, where Mayfield Creek flows under the roadway. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Lovelaceville | - | A trained spotter reported two inches of water over U.S. Highway 62. |
| March 2002 | Flash Flood | Lovelaceville | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelaceville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Crossing | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Gage | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ceredo | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| New York | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Blandville | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hinkleville | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Kevil | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Slater | 9.0 miles | 16 |
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 Lovelaceville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5981655 | 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 497219. 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.


