Saratoga, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Southeast Lyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42038. It stands on Sweetwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Princeton West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1908 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Princeton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Princeton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Saratoga between 1997 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LAM HEAT |
| 25 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOTTLE RO |
| 22 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEAD BIRD |
| 21 April 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Saratoga: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Redd Prospect | Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, Iron | Occurrence | 1904 |
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saratoga in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Saratoga | 1 hurt, $70,000 | This short-lived tornado began on the north side of exit 4 of the Western Kentucky Parkway. The tornado path stayed along the north side of U.S. Highway 62. The end wall of a commercial building was blown out. A mobile home was overturned. Another mobile home was unroofed. Two vehicles were damaged. Several trees and power lines were down. Two eyewitnesses observed the tornado from the south side of exit 4. One person was slightly injured when a glass window was blown out of his mobile home. He refused treatment for his hand injury. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saratoga | $50,000 | A microburst produced a very small but intense damage path along Eddy Creek near the Caldwell County border. Twisted metal and lumber from a destroyed roof were blown across a roadway. The roof was a pitched tin roof that was added over a flat roof. Metal debris was wrapped around a stop sign. At least one outbuilding was destroyed, and others had roofs missing or damaged. The damage area was less than one-half mile long. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saratoga | $1,000 | A tree was blown down across the road around mile marker 11 on KY-93. |
| January 2025 | Flood | Saratoga | - | KY-293 was closed due to high water at Glass Creek. Approximately 2 to 2.5 inches of rain had fallen at the time of road closure, with an additional inch or rain through the evening. |
| November 2018 | Flood | Saratoga | - | Kentucky 1943 was closed near Skinframe Creek. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Saratoga | - | The hail occurred near the junction of Highways 730 and 818. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Saratoga | - | The quarter-size hail occurred at the interchange of Interstate 24 and Highway 293. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saratoga | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenacres | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Eden Bay | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Palisades | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Buena Vista Estates | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Eddy Bay | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Indian Hills | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Paradise Hills | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Wildwood Hills | 4.2 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509016. 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.







