Solitude, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Shepherdsville Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40165. It stands on Rocky Run. The Survey maps it on the Samuels quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1949 USGS Samuels quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Samuels quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Samuels quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Solitude between 1997 and 2012, burning about 98 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | R J CORMAN FIRE |
| 24 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HIGH GROVE |
| 24 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PORTER FIRE |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Solitude in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Solitude | - | Cedar Grove Road (Kentucky Route 480) had to be closed due to flooding. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Solitude | - | Trees were reported down. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Solitude | - | Kentucky 480 was closed at Woodsdale Road due to flooding. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Solitude | - | Kentucky Hwy 480 at mile marker 9-10 was flooded near Woodsdale Road. |
| November 2011 | Flood | Solitude | - | Highway 480 at the 10 mile marker was closed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownington | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Smithville | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lotus | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Grove | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Washington | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hobbs | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lick Skillet (historical) | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ridgetop | 6.3 miles | 11 |
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 Solitude | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7558277 | 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 509090. 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.






