Seymour, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hardyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42749. The Survey maps it on the Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1935 USGS Horse Cave quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Horse Cave quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Seymour between 1999 and 2019, burning about 95 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 March 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 October 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUCK WILLIAMS ROAD |
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 Seymour: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Cave Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seymour in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seymour | $30,000 | Several barns sustained wind damage ranging from peeled metal roof panels to complete collapse along and west of U.S. Highway 31E from the Barren County border to near Hardyville. |
| March 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Seymour | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Seymour | - | Quarter sized hail observed near the intersection of Seymour Bear Wallow Road and Kentucky Route 218. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seymour | - | Trees and a barn were blown down and a roof was blown off a home. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LeGrande | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Uno | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Wigwam (historical) | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Three Springs | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Rex | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bunnell Crossing | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pascal | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Horse Cave | 5.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509037. 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.





