Sharon Grove, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Kirkmansville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42280. It stands on Steward Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sharon Grove quadrangle. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Sharon Grove quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Sharon Grove between 2003 and 2016, burning about 25 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHED FIRE |
| 12 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 1 MILE SPOT |
| 9 October 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 October 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 October 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharon Grove in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Grove | $9,000 | Several large trees were uprooted. Large branches were blown down. This event occurred near the community of Claymour. |
| December 2019 | Flash Flood | Sharon Grove | $5,000 | A vehicle was stranded in high water near Sharon Grove. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Grove | $5,000 | At Sharon Grove, a barn was destroyed, and the roof of a house was damaged. Near Trenton, trees were down along Highway 104. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Grove | $2,000 | Trees were down over the roadway. |
| October 2020 | Hail | Sharon Grove | - | The hail was reported near the intersection of Highways 178 and 106. |
| February 2011 | Heavy Rain | Sharon Grove | - | A spotter reported storm-total rainfall of 2.80 inches. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Sharon Grove | - | About ten roads were closed, including several in the Sharon Grove area. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon Grove | - | Estimated by a co-operative observer. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Sharon Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Sharon Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Sharon Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Sharon Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claymour | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Cedar Grove | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Ashbury (historical) | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Liberty | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Wilhelmina | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Clifty | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Allegre | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Mount Tabor | 7.2 miles | 7 |
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 Sharon Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17492335 | 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 503258. 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.



