BlockSpring Grove, Kentucky
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Morganfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42437. The Survey maps it on the Grove Center quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1916 USGS Shawneetown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Grove Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Grove Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Shawneetown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Spring Grove in 2010, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10073 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Grove in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF3) | Spring Grove | 4 hurt, $15,000,000 | An EF-3 tornado with peak winds of 155 mph impacted the south side of Morganfield, KY, on the evening of May 16, 2025. The tornado began along Bunger Road where ground scouring of newly-planted crops was seen. Moving east, the tornado intensified,|doing EF-3 damage to several homes on Highway 130, Robinson Road, US Highway 60, Terre Hill Road, and Wildlife Road. Some homes suffered near catastrophic damage, with most roofs and most exterior walls removed. The tornado weakened after it crossed Highway 56 moving east, lifting near Kit Harris Road. The tornado reached a peak width of around 500 yards and caused four minor injuries along its 9.94 miles track. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Spring Grove | $25,000 | Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted in this tornado, which ended a couple miles west of Morganfield. The tornado was witnessed by a trained spotter. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Grove | $20,000 | Numerous trees were downed as a result of slow moving training thunderstorms in Union County, including along KY-947 and in Morganfield. With slow moving training thunderstorms in Union County, numerous trees were downed. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Spring Grove | $5,000 | A weak EF-0 tornado traversed the Ohio River bottomlands in far western Union County, KY. The damage was limited to downed large tree limbs scattered along a path from Goose Pond Road, extending north along Kentucky Highway 871, ending just to the northeast of the community of Raleigh. Peak winds were estimated near 75 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove Center | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Harding | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| The Rocks | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Raleigh | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Henshaw | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Hamner | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Olive (historical) | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Blackburn | 5.0 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 504140. 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.