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Smyrna, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Central Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40219. It stands on Fern Creek. The Survey maps it on the Louisville East quadrangle.

Smyrna within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Smyrna between 2001 and 2010, burning about 3 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 burning2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 November 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCEDAR CREEK FIRE
3 October 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Smyrna: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coral RidgeClayProducer
Okolona QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

18 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smyrna in 18 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025HailSmyrna-One inch hail was reported in the area of Astrid Avenue, north of Interstate 265. One house in the area reported roof damage. Radar showed the hail core of an isolated storm passed directly over this area.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSmyrna-Several trees were down on Smyrna Village Court.
January 2023Flash FloodSmyrna-Water was observed over the roadway on portions of Vaughn Mill Road near Pennsylvania Run Road. The water depth was as high as car doors at its deepest.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindSmyrna-A few trees were blown down.
June 2023Flash FloodSmyrna-A picture on Twitter showed water running over the roadway near the intersection of Brook Bend Way and Meadow Run Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSmyrna-A large oak tree was uprooted on the 6700 block of Briscoe Lane. Phelps Tree Service, in the same area, also had tree damage.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSmyrna-There was a two trees down on Cooper Chapel Road at Beulah Church Road.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindSmyrna-Trees were down in the area.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindSmyrna-There was a 72 mph measured wind gust at the NWS Louisville office.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSmyrna-A large tree was split near the intersection of Smyrna and Outer Loop.
July 2018FloodSmyrna-Six to eight inches of water were reported in a cul-de-sac on the street.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSmyrna-An off-duty NWS employee reported trees were down blocking portions of Manslick Road.
April 2015Flash FloodSmyrna-Law enforcement reported several water rescues in the Whispering Hills apartment complex off of Shepherdsville Rd near Fern Creek. Rainfall for the day at the Louisville ASOS was 5.64 inches.
May 2011HailSmyrna-Dime to penny size hail fell for about a minute at the NWS office in Louisville.
July 2011Flash FloodSmyrna-Louisville Emergency Management reported that rising water briefly closed Mount Washington and Washington Green Roads south of the Gene Snyder Expressway. The NWS forecast office recorded just under 2 inches within one hour.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSmyrna-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were observed at the National Weather Service office.
August 2010Heavy RainSmyrna-In just 30 minutes, 2.24 inches of rain fell at the Louisville NWS office.
April 2012HailSmyrna-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hacienda1.0 miles17
Spring Mill1.3 miles17
Highview1.6 miles17
Newburg1.9 miles17
Okolona2.0 miles17
Hollow Creek2.0 miles17
Cooper (historical)2.1 miles17
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)2.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 503828. 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.