Salvisa, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Salvisa-McAfee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40372. It stands on Lyons Branch. The Survey maps it on the Salvisa quadrangle. 410 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
On record in Salvisa
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 6 records
New Providence Presbyterian Churchlisted 1975- Adams Houselisted 1989
- Burris Houselisted 1989
- Cunningham Houselisted 1989
- Floyd Gritton Houselisted 1989
- Millwoodlisted 1976
Population over time
2 figuresSalvisa fell from 420 to 410 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 420 | |
| 2020 | 410 | -10 (-2%) |
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 Salvisa quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Salvisa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Salvisa between 2008 and 2012, burning about 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLD SAWMIL |
| 4 November 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salvisa in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 8 injuries. 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 | Tornado (F2) | Salvisa | 8 hurt, $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Flood | Salvisa | $100,000 | Six to seven inches of rain fell over Mercer county from May 1-2. This caused major flooding on the Kentucky River that lasted many days before receding. |
| July 2006 | Lightning | Salvisa | $50,000 | A barn was struck by lightning and burned. |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Salvisa | $50,000 | Lightning struck an auto body shop causing major damage. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | $10,000 | A broadcast meteorologist relayed a report of a barn down in Salvisa due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | $5,000 | The public reported that a 175 foot steel tower used for amateur radio antennas was toppled by high winds on Bondville Road. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Salvisa | $5,000 | DES reported a weak F0 tornado cut a narrow path of 2 miles along Gilbert's Creek damaging 2 storage buildings but 125 trees were uprooted. Resulting debris blocked off most of Oregon Road from US 127 to the Kentucky River where the tornado lifted. |
| June 2007 | Lightning | Salvisa | $3,000 | Lightning destroyed a small outbuilding. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | The National Weather Service in Louisville confirmed straight-line winds in Salvisa. There was a bunch of cedar and maple tree damage off of Old Louisville Road on the north side of Salvisa. Three homes experienced shingle, gutter and roof damage. ||A barndominium had the most significant damage with a large section of the roof thrown several hundred yards to the east southeast. Wind speeds were estimated between 75 and 80 mph, with a width of the damage of up to a half mile sporadically. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | A tree fell over a road near Salvisa. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | A tree fell down. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | A law enforcement official reported trees down on Old Louisville and Kirkwood Rd. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | Damage to several structures including a tobacco barn and a fence row near Salvisa. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Salvisa | - | Dime size hail reported. |
| May 1995 | Tornado | Salvisa | - | Citizen reports tornado touchdown. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F2) | Salvisa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bondville | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Oregon | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Vanarsdell | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lucto (historical) | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ebenezer | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Kirkwood | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lucton (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| McAfee | 4.6 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 Salvisa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6117903 | 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 502854. 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.






