Rich Pond, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Woodburn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42104. The Survey maps it on the Rockfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Rockfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Rockfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Rockfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Photographs
3 photographs, 1916Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Rich Pond between 2006 and 2016, burning about 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 October 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEWEY LAKE RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rich Pond in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Hail | Rich Pond | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rich Pond | - | Four trees were uprooted on London Road. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Rich Pond | - | There were multiple water rescues in the McLellan neighborhood. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Rich Pond | - | There was a stranded care in high water on County House Lane. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rich Pond | - | The Bowling Green Mesonet measured a wind gust of 75 MPH. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rich Pond | - | The Bowling Green Mesonet measured a wind gust of 75 MPH. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Rich Pond | - | One and a quarter inch hail was reported. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rich Pond | - | The public reported downed trees due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rich Pond | - | An observer measured a 63 mph wind gust. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rich Pond | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Rich Pond | - | Large hail fell over much of southern Warren County. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Rich Pond | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Rich Pond | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockfield | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Old Trinity (historical) | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Memphis Junction | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Woodburn | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Three Springs | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lost River | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Old Zion (historical) | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Petros | 4.6 miles | 10 |
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 Rich Pond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122553524 | 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 501793. 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.





