Richardsville, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Greencastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42101. The Survey maps it on the Bowling Green North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1922 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Richardsville between 1998 and 2014, burning about 120 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 March 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 February 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHIPPOORWILL TRAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richardsville in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2010: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richardsville | $25,000 | A tree was uprooted and crushed two cars. |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Richardsville | $13,500 | A brief F0 tornado touched down in Richardsville blowing off a few roofs and downing several trees. DES and the public sighted the tornado, and one resident captured it on video. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richardsville | - | Trees were blown down and blocking the road. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richardsville | - | A trained spotter reported wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph. Pea sized hail was also observed at the same time. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richardsville | - | Trees and power lines were downed in Richardsville. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richardsville | - | Power lines and poles were downed. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Richardsville | - | Golf ball size hail |
| July 2008 | Hail | Richardsville | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Richardsville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Richardsville | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richardsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greencastle | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Anna | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Rays Branch (historical) | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Benleo | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sand Hill | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Barren River | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Riverside | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Glenmore | 5.8 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 Richardsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22059258 | 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 501807. 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.









