BlockSkinnersburg, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stamping Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40379. The Survey maps it on the Stamping Ground quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1939 USGS Sadieville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stamping Ground quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Skinnersburg between 2004 and 2010, burning about 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WOLF BRANCH INTERSTATE FIRE |
| 8 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | THE LATIN CONSPIRACY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Skinnersburg: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Strontium, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Vein | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Barite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Wm. Davis Vein | Barium-Barite, Iron, Strontium, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1908 |
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Skinnersburg in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skinnersburg | $100,000 | The NWS in conjunction with Scott County Emergency Management found significant straight line wind damage 2 miles northeast of Stamping Ground. Maximum estimated winds were 80 mph. A large 100 foot by 100 foot well built barn was picked up and destroyed. The sheet metal from the barn was thrown nearly half a mile downwind to the east. Several trees were snapped or uprooted, especially at Long Lick Road. Several wood pieces of the barn were thrown several hundred yards and impaled the ground. The survey continued into Georgetown to Tripoint Road. A factory warehouse had significant roof and siding damage from 65 to 70 mph. Overall path length was 1 mile and the maximum width was a third of a mile. |
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Skinnersburg | $50,000 | This rural EF-1 tornado touched down around one quarter of a mile northwest of the intersection of Glass and Sulphur Wells Road where it snapped several hardwood trees. Winds with this initial damage ranged from 70-107 mph. The tornado then moved southeast where more trees were snapped and an outbuilding was destroyed. As the tornado neared the end of its path a couple of small barns were destroyed with winds estimated from from 90 and 107 mph. At the end of the path, a couple of homes sustained roof damage, in addition to continued tree damage. The tornado lifted just east of Cincinnati Road, about 4 miles NNW of|Georgetown. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skinnersburg | - | A tree fell down on the 400 block of Sulphur Wells Road. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skinnersburg | - | Trees were down on State Road 32 and East Honaker Road. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Skinnersburg | - | Sebree Road at Long Lick Pike was impassable due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longlick | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Stamping Ground | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Biddle | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Mallard Point | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Minorsville | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Duval | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Moon Lake Estates | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Shiff | 5.1 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568285 | 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 503616. 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.