Milltown, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gradyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. It stands on Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gradyville quadrangle. It stands 633 feet above sea level.
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 Gradyville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Gradyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Milltown between 1998 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HARMON ROAD |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 61N FIRE |
| 8 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRAMLETT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milltown in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a tree on to a home in the Milltown area, causing roof damage. High winds tore the roof off a mobile home on Sanders Ridge Road. Thunderstorm winds also downed numerous trees and power lines. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Milltown | - | Road were affected by flooding. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down on Kentucky Highway 61. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Milltown | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Milltown, just west of Columbia. Multiple trees were also down and power outages were reported in Columbia. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milltown | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Milltown | - | Dime-size hail reported. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Milltown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hatcher | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Taters Chapel (historical) | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bliss | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pelham Branch (historical) | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Pickett | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Gradyville | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| South Columbia (historical) | 4.9 miles | 9 |
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 Milltown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6860069 | 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 508609. 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.




