Magnolia, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Magnolia-Upton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42757. The Survey maps it on the Magnolia quadrangle. 535 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMagnolia grew from 524 to 535 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 524 | |
| 2020 | 535 | +11 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia between 2004 and 2015, burning about 76 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LG&E |
| 7 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 31 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 March 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DIE RD. FIRE |
| 19 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magnolia in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1997 | Tornado (F3) | Magnolia | 1 hurt, $3,000,000 | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | A few trees were blown down along U.S. Route 31 just north of Magnolia. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | An amateur radio operator reported downed trees in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | Local law enforcement reported a tree down near Highway 31N near the Hart County line. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Magnolia | - | A spotter reported 1 inch hail around 8 miles south of Hodgenville. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | A barn roof was damaged on Parkers Grove Rd. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | A barn roof was damaged near Charlie Ragland Rd. and US 31E. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | Amateur radio operator relayed a spotter report of a 62 mph measured wind gust. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2010 | Heavy Rain | Magnolia | - | A CoCoRaHS observer reported 5.23 inches of rain during the previous 24 hours. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Magnolia | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Magnolia | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Magnolia | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxine | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Keith (historical) | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Sherman | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| South Buffalo | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Tanner | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Buffalo | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| In The Bark of Wonderland (historical) | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Talley | 5.3 miles | 11 |
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 Magnolia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5989904 | 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 497453. 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.




