Lucky Stop, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Jeffersonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40337. It lies near Science Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Means quadrangle. It stands 906 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1892 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Means quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Means quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Lucky Stop between 1997 and 2020, burning about 313 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WARE CHAPPEL RD. |
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 Lucky Stop: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 213 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lucky Stop in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucky Stop | $1,000 | A tree was blown down into powerlines near the instersection of Rocky Branch Road and Main street, between Jeffersonville and Means. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Lucky Stop | $1,000 | Flood waters surrounded a home in Jeffersonville. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucky Stop | - | Dispatch relayed a report of trees down at the intersection of Main Street and Science Ridge Road in Jeffersonville. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucky Stop | - | A large tree was blown down and onto a high tension power line along Hwy 460. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucky Stop | - | One tree was blown down on power lines on Calk road. One tree fell down on Old Nest Egg near Kentucky 11. |
| May 2002 | Flood | Lucky Stop | - | Nuisance flooding was reported along US highway 460. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Lucky Stop | - | Two feet of water flowing over U.S. Highway 460, the highway was closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Branch (historical) | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Salem (historical) | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Jeffersonville | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Willoughby Nation (historical) | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Antioch Church (historical) | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hope | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Camargo | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Trimble (historical) | 4.4 miles | 12 |
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 Lucky Stop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690877 | 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 513730. 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.





