Speedwell, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Waco-Bybee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40475. The Survey maps it on the Moberly quadrangle. It stands 928 feet above sea level.
On record in Speedwell
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Viney Fork Baptist Churchlisted 1989
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Speedwell between 1997 and 2012, burning about 278 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOODLOE CHAPEL RD FIRE |
| 10 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRAVEL LIC |
| 29 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRASSFIELD |
| 22 June 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 76 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Speedwell: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Jowl Mountain Roadcut | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Speedwell in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Speedwell | $15,000 | The tornado first touched down on a farm at 1235 Crooksville Road where it snapped and uprooted several trees, spreading them in several directions. It then continued southeast across Gumbottom Road, where a large oak tree was uprooted. Sporadic tree damage continued southeast towards Walter Lakes Road. Just before the tornado lifted, it did minor shingle and porch damage to a residence along Walter Lakes Road. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Speedwell | - | A Madison County official reported that heavy rainfall brought water over the roadway at Muddy Creek Road and Crooksville Road. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Speedwell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooksville (historical) | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Brassfield | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Panola | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Kingston | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Dreyfus | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Terrill | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Moberly | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Elliston | 4.7 miles | 15 |
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 Speedwell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691259 | 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 504047. 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.







