Preachersville, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Crab Orchard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40419. The Survey maps it on the Lancaster quadrangle. It stands 988 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Preachersville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 600 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PETTIT |
| 25 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SOUTH FORK |
| 5 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DRIPPING SPRINGS |
| 5 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Preachersville in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Preachersville | - | A tree was blown down over the 4100 block of Preachersville Road, blocking two lanes. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Preachersville | - | Multiple trees were blown down along Kentucky Route 39 in eastern Lincoln county and southwestern Garrard County. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Preachersville | - | A tree was blown down along Harmons Lick Road near the 3200 block. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Preachersville | - | A few county roads were flooded. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Preachersville | - | Six inches of water was flowing over Frog Branch Rd. near Hustonville resulting in a road closure. Flooding was also occurring in Stanford at the intersection of State Roads 27 and 78. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Walnut Flat | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Fall Lick (historical) | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Gilbert | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Crab Orchard | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Colliers Store (historical) | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Sugar Grove | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Avondale (historical) | 5.1 miles | 7 |
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 Preachersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7239304 | 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 508870. 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.






