BlockNewstead, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1950 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Newstead between 2007 and 2010, burning about 251 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 153 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONG |
| 22 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STIGED TAIL |
| 24 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 April 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 November 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 29 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | I-24 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newstead in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Newstead | $1,300,000 | An EF2 tornado touched down along County Highway 164 just north of I-24 and caused some shingle damage to a house and pretty significant damage to a couple of barns. It continued east uprooting or snapping dozens of trees along its path. Many homes experienced mainly roof damage along River Bend Road and Westminster Place. The tornado crossed Hwy-41A and snapped about a half dozen power poles. Some damage to a house and outbuildings occurred along Harry Berry Lane before the tornado lifted just east of County Highway 109. Estimated peak winds with this tornado were 118 mph. The tornado occurred within a broader area of sporadic straight line winds that swept across southern Christian County. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Newstead | $120,000 | This EF-1 tornado appeared to start along Pierce Lane near I-24 and traveled along Pierce Lane for almost a mile. Three empty grain bins were destroyed and blown into a field. Most of the damage was on the south flank of the tornado. Many large, old trees were snapped or uprooted. Towards the end of the path a house lost half of its roof. Peak winds were estimated near 100 mph. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newstead | $15,000 | A trained spotter in Hopkinsville measured a wind gust to 83 mph. Other trained spotters measured wind gusts around 60 mph. At the intersection of Highways 117 and 164 in Newstead, the wind gusted to 60 mph. On U.S. Highway 68 West at the Hopkinsville by-pass, a wind gust was measured to 58 mph. About four miles west of Hopkinsville, a new barn sustained damage to the roof and walls. A tree about 18 inches in diameter was uprooted in Hopkinsville. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newstead | $3,000 | A state trooper reported trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julien | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Church Hill | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Peedee | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Binns Mill | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Belleview (historical) | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cox Mill (historical) | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Merrittstown | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Walnut Grove | 5.1 miles | 9 |
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 Newstead | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21197737 | 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 508700. 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.