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Nelsonville, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Boston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40107. It lies near Carter Knob. The Survey maps it on the Nelsonville quadrangle.

Nelsonville within Nelson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Nelsonville between 1999 and 2011, burning about 217 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/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning2
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
21 April 2007Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2010Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2002Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nelson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nelsonville: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rolling Fork ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Nelson County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nelsonville in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 2025Flash FloodNelsonville1 killed, $10,000At 3:40 am, Nelson County Dispatch was notified of a water rescue on the 2800 block of Nelsonville Road. When responders reached the car, the 74 year old female driver was deceased inside.
February 2008Tornado (EF2)Nelsonville$50,000A long swath of wind damage showed signs of an intermittent embedded tornado. The tornado destroyed an outbuilding, and knocked the top half off a silo. Near Patton Road, there was an enhanced area of tree damage, with the trees laying in a convergent path, consistent with tornadic damage.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNelsonville-A tree was blown down onto the Bluegrass Parkway near the Hardin County line.
January 2023Flash FloodNelsonville-A water rescue occurred on Patton Road.
November 2022HailNelsonville-Half dollar sized hail was observed in the Nelsonville community.
February 2018FloodNelsonville-Exit 10 on Bluegrass Parkway have high water signs for entrance and exit ramps. High water and flooding also observed on KY 733 near mile post 3 and 12.

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
Boston4.3 miles7
Blue Gap4.9 miles9
New Haven5.7 miles9
Culvertown5.8 miles9
Bellwood6.6 miles11
Balltown7.1 miles9
Cravens7.4 miles11
Gethsemane7.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508686. 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.