Nancy, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Nancy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42544. It stands on Waddle Branch. The Survey maps it on the Delmer quadrangle. It stands 1,073 feet above sea level.
On record in Nancy
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 5 records
- Battle of Mill Springs Historic AreasNational Historic Landmark · listed 1993
- Battle of Mill Springs Historic Areas (Boundary Increase)listed 2009
- Mill Springs National Cemeterylisted 1998
- Nancy Elementary Schoollisted 2025
- Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer Monumentlisted 1997
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- Mill Springs National Cemetery, 9044 West Highway 80, Nancyfederal building survey, 11 photographs
- Mill Springs National Cemetery, Lodge, 9044 West Highway 80, Nancyfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1935 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Delmer quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Delmer quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Delmer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
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
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Nancy between 1998 and 2014, burning about 66 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PORTER CREEK |
| 26 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 November 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 November 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Nancy: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Creek Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
38 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nancy in 38 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 29 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew over a mobile home. A roof was blown off a garage and several 30 inch diameter trees were blown down. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Nancy | $20,000 | Multiple social media reports from the town of Nancy showed hail at least tennis ball size. Roof and siding damage to a few structures along the Lanetown Road was reported, likely resulting from wind driven hail. Vehicle glass was also broken. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $10,000 | The roof was blown off of a home on Old Ridge Road 5 miles southwest of Nancy. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $10,000 | Power lines down in the Nancy and Faubush areas. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a roof off of a factory plant in Nancy. Numerous trees down in the area. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $8,000 | A large tree was blown down on the Cottage Motel near Naney and knocked the building off its foundation. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $7,000 | A mobile home was overturned and porch blown off of home by high winds off KY 80 at Nancy. Telephone poles and trees down just north of Burnside. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $5,000 | Roof blown off home. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $2,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $1,000 | A tree was reportedly fallen and leaning on a power line at the 200 block of Lanetown Road (W. Frye Road) in the community of Nancy. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $1,000 | A tree was blown down and across Gossett Road. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $1,000 | Power lines blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $500 | A large branch was blown down and was blocking the road on KY 196. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | A tree was reported down along KY-761, with a couple additional trees blown down in the vicinity. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | A tree was downed and blocking Hwy-761 near the community of Nancy. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Local Emergency Management reported trees were blown down and onto Kentucky Highway 80 between Nancy and Somerset. A pontoon boat was blown off of Lake Cumberland at Pulaski County Park. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Dispatch reported a tree blown down on Kentucky Highway 196 in Nancy. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees were blown down on Lanetown Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees were blown down along Hwy 3189. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | A tree was blown down at Haney's Appledale Farm. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | A large tree was blown down and onto a mobile home. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees were downed. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Tree reported down in Nancy. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | A tree was blown down on Hwy 80 West. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Nancy | - | The event occurred between 320 and 350pm. |
| January 2004 | Flash Flood | Nancy | - | Roberts Port Road, southwest of Nancy, was closed due to high water. Highway 1956 at Kentucky Highway 80 was closed and a family was evacuated due to high water. In and around Somerset, several roads were closed due to high water, including: Highway 635 at Kentucky Route 39, Route 1247 at Bodie Road, Kentucky Highway 80 East (at Pumphouse Road), and Kentucky Highway 70 at Goochtown Road. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees were down in Nancy and Woodshack. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nancy | - | One inch diameter hail occurred along the Cumberland Parkway. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Several trees were down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees Down. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Nancy | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Nancy | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nancy | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Nancy | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Nancy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crackers Neck (historical) | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Shepola | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Burnetta | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Delmer | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Oil Center | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sardis | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hislope | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Norfleet | 3.5 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 Nancy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6962508 | 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 499160. 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.






