Milford, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Brooksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41064. It stands on Coleman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Claysville quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
On record in Milford
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- North Fork Bridge, Spanning North Fork of Licking River, Milfordfederal building survey, 15 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Claysville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Milford in 2004, burning about 5 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milford in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | $100,000 | Seven to eight barns were destroyed and numerous trees were knocked down across the county. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | $5,000 | Numerous trees knocked down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | $3,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | $3,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | $2,000 | A couple of trees were knocked down along KY-19 in the southern part of the county. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Milford | $2,000 | Roads were closed due to heavy rainfall. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Milford | $2,000 | Santa Fe Road was flooded. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | $1,500 | A large tree was blown down across a portion of Kentucky Route 19. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Milford | $1,000 | Water was covering roadways due to heavy rainfall. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | $500 | A tree was downed on Riley Mill Road near Milford. |
| January 2023 | Flash Flood | Milford | - | Numerous roads were closed due to high water, particularly in the Milford area. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Milford | - | Water was reported rushing over a portion of Santa Fe Road. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Milford | - | A few roads were closed due to flooding. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Milford | - | Kentucky Route 539 was closed due to high water in two places near Milford. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Milford | - | Mattox Road closed due to high water. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Milford | - | Milford Road was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | - | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Milford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe | 2.0 miles | 6 | |
| Belmont (historical) | 2.6 miles | 6 | |
| Petra | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Neave | 5.1 miles | 6 | |
| Oakland (historical) | 5.4 miles | 6 | |
| Powersville | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Willow | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Parina (historical) | 6.8 miles | 8 |
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 Milford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q25021840 | 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 498188. 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.



