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Prospect, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Northeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40059. It stands on Wolf Pen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Anchorage quadrangle. 4,592 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 469 feet above sea level.

Prospect within Jefferson County

On record in Prospect

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Prospect fell from 4,698 to 4,592 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20104,698
20204,592-106 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Prospect: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crestwood Mine UndergroundStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Utica QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Harmony LandingSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utica Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utica Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prospect in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 17 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 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
June 2017Thunderstorm WindProspect$25,000Local broadcast media reported power outages in Prospect due to downed trees.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindProspect$10,000Winds blew a tree on a home. Other trees blocked River Road.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindProspect-Three trees fell with one falling on a power line.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindProspect-A tree was blown down near the 7600 block of Rockingham Road in Prospect.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindProspect-Trees blew down on Rose Island Road near the Jefferson and Oldham County line.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindProspect-Trees fell across US 42 and landed on top of cars between the Oldham County line and Rose Island Road.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindProspect-Trees were blown down near Highway 42 and Covered Bridge Road.
April 2017Flash FloodProspect-State officials reported water was rapidly rising out of creek banks and onto Covered Bridge Road at Covered Cove.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindProspect-A public report of a wind gust around 60 mph was received. The severe thunderstorm also produced a 60 mph wind gust at the Louisville International Airport.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindProspect-A spotter just to the south of Prospect reported that 3 trees were downed. Another spotter nearby measured a 55 mph wind gust. Several trees were snapped in Prospect as well.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindProspect-A shed was destroyed and trees were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindProspect-Trees and power lines were reported down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindProspect-A spotter reported that a power line was downed along the Oldham-Jefferson County line.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindProspect-Trees and power lines reported down along Rose Island Road and City Lane...also along State Road 1793 near the Jefferson and Oldham County line.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindProspect-Fallen trees blocking US Highway 42 in Prospect.
August 2006Flash FloodProspect-Wolf Pen Branch Road was flooded at the Gene Snyder Freeway overpass. Water was over the roadway at the intersection of Sleepy Hollow Road and State Highway 1694. Occupants of two vehicles in the Brownsboro Road area were trapped by high waters and had to be rescued.
May 2004Flash FloodProspect-Numerous roads were flooded and not passable.
September 2003Thunderstorm WindProspect-A large tree was downed across Highway 1694 between Crestwood and Prospect.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindProspect-Trees were downed along Wolf Pen Branch Road.
November 2002HailProspect-Pea to quarter size hail was covering the ground.
November 2002HailProspect-Hail fell near mile marker 15 on Interstate 71.
April 2005HailProspect-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindProspect-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
Harrods Creek1.9 miles21
Beechland Beach2.0 miles21
Green Spring2.1 miles16
Transylvania Beach2.2 miles21
Gulthrie Beach2.6 miles21
Riverside Beach2.7 miles21
Worthington2.7 miles16
Langdon Place2.8 miles16

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 ProspectAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2688891The 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 501362. 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.

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.