BlockNew Concord, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the New Concord census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42076. It sits by Devils Pulpit. The Survey maps it on the New Concord quadrangle. It stands 413 feet above sea level.
On record in New Concord
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 1 record
- Fort Heiman Sitelisted 1976
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS New Concord quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS New Concord quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS New Concord quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS New Concord quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of New Concord between 1998 and 2014, burning about 153 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 28 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Concord in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $250,000 | Extensive wind damage occurred at three resorts near the shore of Kentucky Lake in extreme southeast Calloway County. The resorts were mainly recreational vehicle trailer parks. At one resort containing about 100 trailers, about 25 trailers were damaged. The damage was primarily due to falling trees. Some damage was due to carports and tool sheds striking trailers. Two trailers were knocked off their block foundations. At a second resort, dock roofs were blown a distance of about 100 yards. Three boats were adrift. A marine anemometer recorded a wind gust to 80 MPH. Amateur radio operators reported a gust to 60 MPH at nearby Fort Heiman and a gust to 65 MPH at Hamlin. Trees and power lines were blown down. At least two dozen trees blocked roads. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | New Concord | $50,000 | About a dozen trees and several tree tops were snapped. One car was completely destroyed by a large fallen tree. Mostly minor damage occurred to a couple of homes or garages. At least one power line was downed. Peak wind speeds were estimated near 85 mph. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $30,000 | At the Cypress Springs Resort along the shore of Kentucky Lake, about 6 miles southeast of New Concord, the roof of a restaurant was blown off. Elsewhere in the area, a few trees were down across roads. |
| May 2011 | Flood | New Concord | $30,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | New Concord | $20,000 | This long-track EF-3 tornado began in western Tennessee near Dyersburg (see Storm Data, Tennessee, Western). It crossed from the northeast corner of Henry County, Tennessee and barely clipped the Fort Heiman section of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield in the southeast extremity of Calloway County. There were numerous uprooted trees near the Kentucky Lake shoreline. Because much of the path remained over the waters of Kentucky Lake during its extremely brief time in Calloway County, the intensity and the path width are both very uncertain. The center of the tornado crossed Kentucky Lake into Stewart County, Tennessee (see Storm Data, Tennessee, Central) and then back into western KY in Christian County (see Storm Data, Kentucky, Western). |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $15,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in a subdivision adjacent to Kentucky Lake. A healthy oak tree was blown over onto a house and damaged the roof. |
| February 2019 | Flood | New Concord | $10,000 | The level of Kentucky Lake was raised to 367 feet, about 8 feet above the normal summer pool stage. Low-lying parks, campgrounds, and marina parking lots near the lake were flooded. Some lake access roads were underwater. The lake level was still several feet below the record set during the spring of 2011 flood. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down along Highways 280, 444, and 893 in the New Concord area. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $3,000 | A few large limbs were blown down. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | New Concord | - | Much of Highway 121 from New Concord southeast to the state line was impassable due to flood waters. |
| February 2025 | Flood | New Concord | - | Flood waters covered Highway 121 South near New Concord. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | New Concord | - | Several inches of water running across KY 280 north of KY 121 South. |
| March 2017 | Hail | New Concord | - | A hailstorm moved northeast across the New Concord and Hamlin areas, producing hail up to the size of golf balls. |
| October 2017 | Flood | New Concord | - | Water topped a portion of Highway 121 between New Concord and the Tennessee state line. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | New Concord | - | Numerous roads were closed across the county due to water over them, including portions of Highways 1429 and 1497. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | New Concord | - | County deputy sheriffs reported water over Highway 121 near the bridge about two miles southeast of New Concord. Water was over several other roads, including spots on U.S. Highway 641. One county road was shut down due to about 18 inches of water over it. Radar estimated around two inches of rain fell near the southern border of Calloway County in two hours. |
| March 2005 | Hail | New Concord | - | Dime to golf ball size hail fell in extreme southeast Calloway County, mainly near the Kentucky Lake shore. The largest hailstones reported were golf ball size at a resort on Kentucky Lake. Dime size hail fell in Hamlin. The hail fell in large quantities. An emergency management official reported 1-inch hail was still piled 4 inches deep 40 minutes after the storm. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | - | Pontoon boats were flipped over, and there was roof damage to a shed. Several large trees over a foot in diameter were knocked down. The damage occurred just off of Highway 280, at a boat dock on an inlet of Kentucky Lake. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | - | Three to four trees were down. |
| March 2020 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Flash Flood | New Concord | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel (historical) | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| McCruiston (historical) | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Macedonia (historical) | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cherry Corner (historical) | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| New Providence | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Poplar Spring (historical) | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pottertown | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hamlin | 5.4 miles | 11 |
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 New Concord | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691041 | 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 499305. 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.