Monitor, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Bedford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40006. It lies near Kings Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Madison East quadrangle. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Madison East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Madison East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Monitor between 2000 and 2014, burning about 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUCK CREEK |
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 Monitor: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monitor in 11 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 7 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monitor | $1,000 | A spotter reported that a portion of a roof was removed from a garage along Culls Ridge Road near Bedford. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monitor | - | A 40 by 60 foot barn was destroyed by wind gusts. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Monitor | - | Connector Road was closed due to water rises along Hardy Creek and the Little Kentucky River. Five other roads experienced minor flooding across Trimble County. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Monitor | - | US 42, near Ruby Drive, flooded and had debris in the roadway. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monitor | - | Ten to fifteen trees were reported down along 42 between Connector Road and Highway 36. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Monitor | - | Kentucky Highway 2871 flooded due to high water. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Monitor | - | A broadcast media meteorologist relayed a report that Connector Road in Trimble County was flooded and impassable because of high water. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Monitor | - | Emergency manager reported that KY 2871 / Connector Rd at the Little Kentucky River was closed due to high water. Between 4 and 5 inches of rain fell across the county. |
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Monitor | - | High Water briefly closed Connector Road in Bedford. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Monitor | - | Five feet of water flowed over the pavement at US 42 and Connector Road, making it impassable. |
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | Monitor | - | Heavy rains caused water to accumulate to a depth of around two feet on sections of State Highway 1335. The highway was was closed due to the water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Union Grove (historical) | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| South Mount Tabor (historical) | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Tabor (historical) | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| North Mount Tabor (historical) | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Callis Grove | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Bedford | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Carmon | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Poplar Ridge (historical) | 6.0 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 Monitor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6900456 | 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 508625. 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.





