Parkwood, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Louisville South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40214. It lies near Red Stone Hill. The Survey maps it on the Louisville West quadrangle.
On record in Parkwood
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Bodley, Temple, Summer Houselisted 1985 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1909 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1912 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Louisville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Louisville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Louisville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Louisville West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Louisville West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Parkwood between 2011 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FAIRDALE HIGH FIRE |
| 10 April 2011 | Natural | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEARCAMP RD. FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parkwood in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Hail | Parkwood | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported near Iroquois Park. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Parkwood | - | Quarter sized hail was observed just west of Auburndale. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkwood | - | Power lines were reported down on Palatka Road near Manslick Road in the Iroquois Park area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburndale | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Hunters Trace | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Kenwood | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hazelwood | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Southern Heights | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Jacobs Addition | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Beechmont | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Newtown (historical) | 3.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 500210. 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.










