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Terrill, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Waco-Bybee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40475. The Survey maps it on the Richmond South quadrangle.

Terrill within Madison County

On record in Terrill

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Terrill between 2007 and 2009, burning about 8 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
Debris and open burning3

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
7 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 February 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

5 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Terrill in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017Thunderstorm WindTerrill$30,000The public reported damage to a gas station on Berea Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindTerrill-A tree was blown down near the entrance to Battlefield Golf Course.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTerrill-A fallen tree blocked Lancaster Road.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindTerrill-Strong wind gusts on I-75 between mile markers 75 and 85. A pickup truck was blown over the median.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindTerrill-Trees and power lines were downed.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Kingston2.6 miles15
Caleast3.9 miles17
Crooksville (historical)3.9 miles15
Peytontown4.0 miles17
Reeds Crossing4.1 miles15
Whites4.4 miles17
Speedwell4.5 miles15
Richmond4.7 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122572976The 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 505087. 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.