Norwood, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Science Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42553. It lies near Holtzclaw Knob. The Survey maps it on the Science Hill quadrangle. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1935 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Science Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Science Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Norwood between 1998 and 2020, burning about 157 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LISA |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 April 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEST GATE |
| 13 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WARE ROAD FIRE |
| 1 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HALL |
| 8 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 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 Norwood: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norwood in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwood | - | A tree was blown down and blocking the entire highway at around 1000 East Frog Hollow Road. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwood | - | County dispatch reported tree blown down off of Nelson Valley Road near the intersection of Jeffries Drive. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwood | - | County dispatch reported tree blown down onto a power line off of KY-1247 near the intersection of Raleigh Road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwood | - | Dispatch reported a tree downed on Kentucky Highway 1247 near the intersection with Norwood Mt. Zion Road south of Science Hill. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwood | - | A tree was blown down and onto Hwy 2227. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwood | - | Power lines were blown down on Hwy 1247 south of Science Hill. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Hill | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ringgold | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Zion | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pulaski | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hogue | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Somerset | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sugar Hill | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Dabney | 4.9 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 Norwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7061592 | 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 499619. 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.





