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Temple Hill, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Temple Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42141. It stands on Happy Hollow Branch. The Survey maps it on the Temple Hill quadrangle. It stands 807 feet above sea level.

Temple Hill within Barren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Temple Hill between 1999 and 2016, burning about 80 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
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 1999Arson/incendiarism22 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2000Debris and open burning38 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 October 2016Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBUTTON RD. FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barren County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Temple Hill: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite. 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
Congo Bottom ProspectBarium-BariteProspect

Every working recorded in Barren County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Temple Hill in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2006Tornado (F2)Temple Hill4 hurt, $1,400,000Fifteen to 20 homes were destroyed, mainly in the Temple Hill area. Another dozen or so homes, along with barns and outbuildings, sustained heavy damage. Four people in the area were treated for minor injuries. The tornado formed about a mile northeast of Temple Hill just south of Barbour Road. Numerous trees were topped, and several homes were damaged. Most of the structural damage occurred along Moore Road, where several mobile homes were moved considerable distances and destroyed. A large RV was flipped over, a large tractor was moved about five feet, and a horse trailer was thrown over 75 yards. The tornado reached its peak intensity near the intersection of Moore Road and Highway 839. The storm then crossed into Metcalfe County about 2.9 miles northeast of Nobob.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTemple Hill-Two large pole barns between Whites Chapel Road and Glover Road suffered considerable roof damage as a result of strong straight-line winds. Winds were estimated to be between 75 and 100 mph.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindTemple Hill-A few trees blew down in Temple Hill.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindTemple Hill-A Barren County road supervisor reported trees down due to severe thunderstorm winds around Temple Hill.
February 2011Flash FloodTemple Hill-Bull Dog Rd. was closed due to flooding.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindTemple Hill-Several trees were blown down, especially near the Monroe county line. Barns were also blown down and a tree fell through a house.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindTemple Hill-Eight inch diameter tree limbs were downed and pea sized hail fell.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindTemple Hill-DES reported trees and power lines down.
October 2014HailTemple Hill-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindTemple Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barren 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
Eighty Eight3.9 miles10
Nobob4.1 miles8
Roseville4.2 miles10
Etoile4.5 miles9
Bristletown5.0 miles10
Kino5.6 miles10
Cooktown6.1 miles9
Dry Fork6.4 miles9

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 Temple HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7698562The 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 505058. 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.