BlockSweet Owen, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Owenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40359. The Survey maps it on the Owenton quadrangle. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS Owenton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sweet Owen between 2004 and 2011, burning about 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELK CREEK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sweet Owen in 8 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweet Owen | $3,000 | A few trees were downed along O Banion Lane. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Sweet Owen | $2,000 | Mud Lick Branch Creek came out of its banks. Old Sweet Owen Road was closed due to mud and debris on the roadway from the flowing water. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Sweet Owen | - | Old Sweet Road was closed due to high water. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweet Owen | - | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweet Owen | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweet Owen | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweet Owen | - | no account filed |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweet Owen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Needmore | 1.9 miles | 6 | |
| Holiday Ford | 1.9 miles | 6 | |
| Hensley Ford | 3.1 miles | 6 | |
| Long Ridge | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hallam | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Breck | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Owenton | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Canby | 5.9 miles | 6 |
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 Sweet Owen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7655439 | 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 509174. 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.