Reed, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Spottsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42451. The Survey maps it on the Reed quadrangle. It stands 377 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Newburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Reed quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Reed quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Reed between 1999 and 2017, burning about 55 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DUMP |
| 28 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROKEN POL |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.1 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | REED FIRE |
| 10 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HATCHETT MILL ROAD |
| 15 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 1078 |
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 Reed: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrick Aluminum Reduction Plant | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reed in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed | $5,000 | Several trees were down, and power was out. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed | $3,000 | Power lines were downed near Reed in far eastern Henderson County as a leading storm cell intensified with the arrival of an outflow boundary ahead of the main line of storms. |
| October 2009 | Hail | Reed | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlinburg | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Beals | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Spottsville | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bluff City | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Scuffletown | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hebbardsville | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Baskett | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Zion | 7.3 miles | 14 |
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 Reed | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7306605 | 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 501690. 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.







