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Stamping Ground, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stamping Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40379. It stands on Locust Fork. The Survey maps it on the Stamping Ground quadrangle. 780 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.

Stamping Ground within Scott County

On record in Stamping Ground

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 2 records

Population over time

4 figures

Stamping Ground grew from 233 to 780 between 1880 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
1880233
2000566
2010643+77 (+14%)
2020780+137 (+21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

What the histories say of this town

4,572 words

1 chapter about Stamping Ground from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
The B.O. Gaines History of Scott CountyThe B.O. Gaines History of Scott County (1905)4,572 words

Fires near this place

1 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Stamping Ground in 2001, burning about 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
4 February 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott 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 Stamping Ground: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Strontium, Zinc. 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
Clark MineLead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, StrontiumPast Producer1901
Johnson VeinBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast ProducerBarite, Galena, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

30 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stamping Ground in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2021Tornado (EF1)Stamping Ground2 hurtThe National Weather Service in Louisville, Kentucky conducted a storm survey in Scott County, Kentucky of storm damage that occurred early Monday morning.||The survey team determined that a tornado touched down just southwest of the Parkers Mobile Home Park in Stamping Ground. The initial touchdown was in a wooden fenced area with uprooted trees and significant damage to the wooden fence. Wind speeds were estimated to be between 80 and 85 mph initially.||The tornado increased in speed and diameter, striking the mobile home park causing|significant damage. Trailers were lifted off their foundation, some trailers were flipped|over and or turned in a different direction. Insulation and metal siding from the trailers|were thrown up into the trees. Deck pieces were thrown and impaled into the ground, trees were twisted and snapped, and numerous air conditioner units were thrown several feet. The tornado increased to around 95 mph with a width of 60 yards.||The most obvious signs of a tornado were outbuildings were picked up and thrown upwind, with insulation on both sides of the buildings.||The damage direction from the trees, and insulation from mobile homes ranged north to southeasterly.||The tornado became more of a skipping tornado as it moved to the east with the last damage being some power poles and trees at the corner of Edgewood Way and 227.||Just east of Stamping Ground, the survey team found a significant area of straight line winds along Duvall Station Road. A third of a mile swath of concentrated wind damage occurred 2 miles east of Stamping Ground.||It started out in a grove of trees with large branches and trees knocked down all facing from the southwesterly to the east northeast direction. Wind speeds were estimated initially to be 65 to 70 mph. A well constructed barn had its roof panels ripped off and doors blown in. Metal sheeting from the barn was thrown up to 500 yards down wind. Two other barns on the other side of the road had similar damage. Shingles from two family homes were thrown a hundred yards. Wind speeds from the well constructed barn, were determined to be 80 mph. The damage area was about a quarter mile by a third of a mile.||The National Weather Service would like to thank Scott county emergency manager Mike Hennigan for his assistance with the survey.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground$50,000A NWS Storm Survey team found damage to barns and outbuildings, and large limbs down, along Duvall Station Road.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground$50,000Straight line winds around 70 mph downed large trees, destroyed a barn, damaged tractors, and a home located at 2823 Stamping Ground Road.||On White Oak Road, numerous trees were blown down and one fell on a house. Power lines and some fencing were also knocked down and a barn was blown over.||Numerous buildings were damaged with trees and power lined downed near the intersection of Seebee Road and HWY 227.
September 2018Flash FloodStamping Ground$30,000The roadway at Highway 227 and Switzer Road was washed away due to flood water.
June 2018Flash FloodStamping Ground$10,000A car was reported to be trapped in high water on Sebree Road at Duvall Station Road near Stamping Ground.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground$5,000no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-Large tree branches were snapped, and a small shed was tipped over.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-A tree blew over near Stonetown Road. A nearby weather station observed a 48 mph wind gust.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-A few trees were down over area roadways.
June 2021FloodStamping Ground-Locust Fork Creek overflowed into a driveway off of Main Street in Stamping Ground.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-Just east of Stamping Ground, the survey team found a significant area of straight line winds along Duvall Station Road. A third of a mile swath of concentrated wind damage occurred 2 miles east of Stamping Ground.||It started out in a grove of trees with large branches and trees knocked down all facing from the southwesterly to the east northeast direction. Wind speeds were estimated initially to be 65 to 70 mph. A well constructed barn had its roof panels ripped off and doors blown in. Metal sheeting from the barn was thrown up to 500 yards down wind. Two other barns on the other side of the road had similar damage. Shingles from two family homes were thrown a hundred yards. Wind speeds from the well constructed barn, were determined to be 80 mph. The damage area was about a quarter mile by a third of a mile.
June 2021FloodStamping Ground-Owenton Road was flooded between Cedar Road and Switzer Road, north of Stamping Ground.
September 2018Flash FloodStamping Ground-Stonetown Road had flowing water over the roadway.
September 2018Flash FloodStamping Ground-In front of the Dollar General store, 227 in Stamping Ground was closed due to flooding.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-The public reported trees sheared off several feet above the ground. A coffee tree was split and felled along with large limbs down.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-A law enforcement official reported trees and power lines down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-A law enforcement official reported trees down in the Stamping Ground area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
October 2014Tornado (EF1)Stamping Ground-The tornado began as an EF-0 with 80 mph winds as it snapped and|uprooted multiple trees and caused minor siding damage to a house just west of Locust Fork Road and a mile north of Stamping Ground.||It then traveled eastward, crossing Locust Fork Road, damaging two outbuildings. After the tornado moved northeast across rural terrain, it damaged the roofs of several houses on the north side of Stone Hill Road. It also tore off a south-facing front porch. Just west of Graves Road, the tornado damaged a small outbuilding and the roof of another residence. The damage in the Stone Hill and Graves Road areas was rated EF-1. Further east, between Graves and Long Lick Roads, the tornado damaged some hardwood trees. Finally, it pushed an achored mobile home off its foundation - ripping the anchors out of the ground - and damaged outbuildings along Long Lick Road before lifting.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-The county road department reported a tree down across Locust Fork Road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-Local law enforcement reported several trees down along Stamping Ground Road near White Oak Road. Law enforcement also reported that around 4,500 people lost power at one time during the early evening.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-Several trees were downed.
May 2004Flash FloodStamping Ground-Three feet of water was covering Locust Fork Road.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-Two power poles were snapped.
August 2003Flash FloodStamping Ground-Roads were covered with water.
April 2025HailStamping Ground-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-no account filed
May 2004HailStamping Ground-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindStamping Ground-no account filed
August 2000HailStamping Ground-no account filed
August 2000HailStamping Ground-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Sand Lick2.6 miles12
Watkinsville2.9 miles12
Duval3.0 miles12
Skinnersburg3.3 miles9
Minorsville4.1 miles9
White Sulphur4.7 miles12
Longlick5.1 miles9
Shiff5.2 miles12

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 Stamping GroundAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2470310The 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 504248. 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.