Needmore, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sugar Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42101. It lies near Zion Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sugar Grove quadrangle. It stands 495 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1914 USGS Little Muddy quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Sugar Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Sugar Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Needmore between 1997 and 2014, burning about 297 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DIMPLE RD. |
| 24 March 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 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 Needmore: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Grove Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Needmore in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Needmore | - | Water was flowing over Richland Church Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | - | Numerous trees were downed by strong straight-line winds across Butler County. |
| January 2023 | Hail | Needmore | - | Estimated quarter size hail fell in the Sugar Grove community. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | - | Trees were blown down near the intersection of U.S. Route 231 and Little Muddy Church Road. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Needmore | - | Multiple roads closed across county, including KY 1153 near mile marker 5-6, KY 3182 mile marker 1-2, and KY 2713 near mile marker 0-1. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Needmore | - | A storm chaser reported a funnel cloud descending from a rotating wall cloud located 5 miles SSW of Woodbury. This supercell produced hail and damaging winds in Morgantown. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | - | A trailer was blown off the foundation and destroyed on Bowling Green Rd. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore | - | Numerous trees were blown down countywide. There was unspecified structural damage. The worst damage was along Highway 231 in the south part of the county. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Needmore | - | Because of high water, the Kentucky Highway Department closed several roads near the Green River Parkway corridor. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Grove | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Dimple | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Carved Rock (historical) | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Woodbury | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Sharer | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Leetown | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cools Spring (historical) | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Flat Rock (historical) | 5.7 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q14691031 | 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 508681. 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.






