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Nazareth, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Coxs Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40004. The Survey maps it on the Bardstown quadrangle. It stands 728 feet above sea level.

Nazareth within Nelson County

On record in Nazareth

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

8 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Nazareth between 2004 and 2011, burning about 66 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 April 2011Debris and open burning45 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHEELER FIRE
10 April 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBARNES FIRE
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 November 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMEADOW LANE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nelson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nazareth: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nelson County Highway Dept.Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Nelson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Nelson County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nazareth in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025HailNazareth-Dispatch said up to quarter size hail fell on the north side of Bardstown.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindNazareth-Trees were reportedly blocking Virginia Avenue.
April 2015HailNazareth-A trained spotter reported that hail as large as 1.5 inches in diameter fell.
April 2011HailNazareth-Quarter sized hail was reported.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindNazareth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nelson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bourbon Springs0.6 miles9
Withrow0.9 miles9
Hunters1.7 miles11
Bardstown2.7 miles9
West Bardstown (historical)3.0 miles9
Coxs Creek3.5 miles7
East Bardstown3.6 miles9
Samuels4.0 miles11

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 NazarethAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14691017The 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 508675. 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.