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Pleasure Ridge Park, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the North Dixie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40258. The Survey maps it on the Louisville West quadrangle.

Pleasure Ridge Park within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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 Pleasure Ridge Park between 2010 and 2011, burning about 28 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
Recreation and ceremony1
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
10 April 2011Natural11 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBEARCAMP RD. FIRE
22 November 2010Recreation and ceremony17 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBLEVINS GAP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Pleasure Ridge Park: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gem Silica Elizabeth PlantSilicaProducer
Neely Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasure Ridge Park in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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
April 2003Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park$75,000A tree was blown on to a house near St. Andrews Church Road. Another tree was struck by lightning and fell on to a house. A minor house fire occurred when trees were blown on to power lines. Numerous trees and power lines were downed, and up to 27000 county residents were without power.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park$40,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees over much of the southern part of Jefferson County. Some of the trees were blown on to cars or blocked roads.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park$10,000A tree was blown on to a house.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park$10,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-Trees were blown down on Park Road.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-Wires were down blocking New Cut Road near Southern Parkway.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-Power lines were downed by strong winds near the intersection of Palatka Road and Southdale Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-A tree was blown down in the roadway near Bakers Lane.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-Trees were blown down on New Cut Road by strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-Multiple trees were uprooted near New Cut Road and Southside Drive.
July 2018HailPleasure Ridge Park-Golf ball sized hail was reported in Iroquois Park.
April 2015Flash FloodPleasure Ridge Park-Emergency manager reported numerous, widespread road closures due to 6-8 inches of rain that fell across the county. KY 22 at Springcrest Dr had a culvert washed out. KY 146 between Shady Lane and Glenbrook Rd closed due to high water. KY 1020 between Outer Loop and KY 841 closed to high water. KY 1065 / Outer Loop west of I-65 closed due to high water.
October 2013Flash FloodPleasure Ridge Park-A spotter reported water over KY 1020 just south of Fairdale near Southside Drive. Traffic was halted for a while.
April 2012HailPleasure Ridge Park-Louisville media reported golf ball sized hail at Iroquois Park.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-Trees were reported down at Kenwood Dr. and New Cut Rd.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-Trees were downed along Dixie Highway.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-Trees were downed along Sky Blue Road and Columbine Drive.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-Power lines were downed near Blanton Lane.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-A large tree was downed.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-One inch hail was reported. Also power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-Trees and power lines down
June 1995Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-Trees were blown down in the vicinity of Lower Hunter's Trace. Report from county police.
July 2018HailPleasure Ridge Park-no account filed
April 2006HailPleasure Ridge Park-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindPleasure Ridge Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Sylvania1.2 miles18
Waverly Hills1.7 miles20
Johnsontown1.8 miles20
Greenwood2.0 miles19
Valley Gardens2.0 miles20
Valley Downs2.3 miles20
Mill Creek2.3 miles18
Valley Station2.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507348. 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.