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Ninevah, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lawrenceburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40342. It sits by Lovers Leap. The Survey maps it on the Alton Station quadrangle.

Ninevah within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ninevah between 2010 and 2019, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
3 July 2019Natural3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJIM BEAM
13 November 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOVERS LEAP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ninevah: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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
L.Z.Bond DepositLead, ZincOccurrence
Tyrone MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ninevah in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010FloodNinevah$100,000Six to seven inches of rain fell over Anderson county from May 1-2. This caused major flooding on the Kentucky River that lasted many days before receding.
April 2025Flash FloodNinevah-There was a water rescue at an unknown location.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindNinevah-Local law enforcement reported trees down due to severe thunderstorm winds.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindNinevah-A wind gust of 63 mph was measured by a Kentucky Mesonet site in Anderson County.
December 2007FloodNinevah-A few county roads were closed due to high water.
March 2012HailNinevah-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Anderson 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
Alton3.0 miles14
Lawrenceburg3.3 miles14
Alton Station3.4 miles14
Tyrone4.1 miles11
Stringtown5.1 miles14
Sidney (historical)5.9 miles11
Avenstoke6.7 miles9
McBrayer7.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 499488. 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.