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Nebo, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Nebo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42441. The Survey maps it on the Nebo quadrangle. 211 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 404 feet above sea level.

Nebo within Hopkins County

On record in Nebo

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 3 records

Population over time

3 figures

Nebo fell from 220 to 211 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000220
2010236+16 (+7%)
2020211-25 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

20 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Nebo between 1997 and 2014, burning about 517 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
13 July 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOHNSON ISLAND CEM . RD.
7 March 2002Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2000Railroad operations and maintenance75 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2000Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2000Railroad operations and maintenance150 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 1999Equipment and vehicle use25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hopkins County

Storms near this place

19 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nebo in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 2002Tornado (F3)Nebo$1,800,000The tornado crossed into Hopkins County just west-northwest of Nebo, and finally lifted after moving through Hanson. The tornado was rated at F-3 intensity in the Nebo area, where four chicken houses were blown off their foundations. About 45,000 chickens were left in the debris. Damage to one chicken facility was estimated between one and two million dollars. The tornado weakened as it progressed across the county. About 10 to 15 residences were significantly damaged.
February 2025FloodNebo$270,000Flash flooding from the evening of the 15th transitioned to areal flooding early on the 16th. Alternate U.S. 41 near the Webster County line and U.S. 62 near Nortonville continued to flood, along with numerous county roads.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNebo$60,000Multiple trees and power lines were down throughout the county. In Madisonville, where several trees were blown down and telephone poles were leaning, a trained spotter estimated winds gusted around 65 mph. Traffic lights were out at a number of intersections in the city, and signs were blown down. At least a few city streets were blocked by downed trees. A tree crashed onto the roof and front porch of a residence.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNebo$35,000A morning thunderstorm line caused power lines to lean with metal across the road near Nebo. Following the storm line, roughly a third of the county was without power.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindNebo$10,000no account filed
March 2020Thunderstorm WindNebo$8,000Trees were damaged along Highway 41. One tree was across a power line. The trees were estimated at two to three feet in diameter.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindNebo$7,000Tree limbs were blown down in parts of central and northern Hopkins County. Several tree limbs were down at Nebo. Large tree limbs were down around the city of Madisonville.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNebo$5,000Trees were blown down.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindNebo$5,000The roof of a rural farm home was damaged. Numerous shingles were blown off.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindNebo$5,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNebo$2,000Large branches were blown down.
February 2025Flash FloodNebo-Flash flooding closed Alternate U.S. 41 near the Webster County line.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNebo-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph at mile marker 10 on U.S. Highway 41A.
July 2016FloodNebo-Ponding of water was reported on U.S. Highway 41A in and around Nebo.
March 2008FloodNebo-About 20 homes in Nortonville were evacuated when floodwaters approached.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindNebo-Several trees were down over the north half of the county.
April 2011Funnel CloudNebo-no account filed
June 2004Funnel CloudNebo-no account filed
May 2003HailNebo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hopkins 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
Coiltown2.2 miles13
Yarbro2.7 miles14
Colitown Junction3.3 miles13
Manitou3.5 miles14
Johnson Island (historical)3.5 miles13
Veazey5.2 miles14
Oakley Home (historical)5.4 miles14
Mitchell Hill6.0 miles14

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 NeboAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2564559The 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 499206. 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.