South Park, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Pond Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40118. It stands on Little Bee Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brooks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1907 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Brooks quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Brooks quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Brooks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Brooks quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Brooks quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of South Park between 1997 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 2 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FAIRDALE HIGH FIRE |
| 7 April 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2011 | Natural | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEARCAMP RD. FIRE |
| 7 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 South Park: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Ridge | Clay | Producer | ||
| Okolona Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Park in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Park | $5,000 | The public reported a tree was split and leaning on power lines. |
| May 2010 | Flood | South Park | - | National Turnpike at the Gene Snyder Freeway was closed due to standing water. National Turnpike was also closed at Outer Loop. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairdale | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Newtown (historical) | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Coral Ridge | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hollyvilla | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| South Park View | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Heritage Creek | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Auburndale | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Knopp | 2.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 503963. 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.









