Sullivan, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sturgis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42459. It lies near Carding Machine Hill. The Survey maps it on the Blackford quadrangle. It stands 374 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1909 USGS Providence quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Blackford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Providence quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Sullivan between 1999 and 2016, burning about 84 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RT.365 |
| 21 March 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SWINGSET |
| 15 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DAVE MILLER ROAD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sullivan in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Sullivan | 1 hurt, $130,000 | An EF-1 tornado struck near the community of Sullivan in southern Union County during the early morning hours. The tornado began near the intersection of US Hwy 60 and Sullivan Road, where a large farm outbuilding was severely damaged. After passing through a farm field, the tornado did roof damage to two homes on Cowan Road. Further east along KY-109, the tornado snapped several large trees at their base. One tree fell onto a double-wide manufactured home, where falling debris struck and injured the head of its occupant. The tornado dissipated very shortly thereafter. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $20,000 | Thunderstorm downdraft winds caused a tree to fall onto a vacant home in Sullivan. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $10,000 | A tree was snapped, and a house lost some shingles. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Sullivan | $4,000 | The tornado moved through a partially wooded area southeast of Sturgis along the Union/Webster County line. Several trees were snapped or uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 110 mph. The tornado continued moving southeast into Webster County. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Sullivan | - | Quarter size hail was estimated near Sullivan. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Sullivan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Eberly (historical) | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sturgis | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Grangertown | 4.9 miles | 24 | |
| Pride | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Kern Orchard | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bordley | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Arnold | 5.9 miles | 14 |
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 Sullivan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7636370 | 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 504720. 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.






