Vine Grove, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Radcliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40175. It stands on Flippin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vine Grove quadrangle. 6,559 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 682 feet above sea level.
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On record in Vine Grove
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
- Stader Hotellisted 1988
- Vine Grove Historic Districtlisted 1988
Population over time
3 figuresVine Grove grew from 4,169 to 6,559 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,169 | |
| 2010 | 4,520 | +351 (+8%) |
| 2020 | 6,559 | +2,039 (+45%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1936 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Vine Grove between 2004 and 2012, burning about 20 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SMALLWOOD RD. |
| 1 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SUNSHINE LANE |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CUSTER FIR |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Vine Grove: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flaherty-Otter Creek Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vine Grove in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | $50,000,000 | Numerous trees and power lines reported down by Vine Grove police. Hundreds of homes and businesses damaged. Damage estimate at $6 million. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Vine Grove | $250,000 | Numerous county roads and streets in Vine Grove and Radcliff were closed due to high water. Water got into homes on Frontier Court in Radcliff. A motorist drove into high water on Highway 144 near the Creekvale Subdivision, and a water rescue was performed. Water backed up into businesses and apartments in both Radcliff and Vine Grove. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | $50,000 | An off duty NWS employee reported 3 telephone poles snapped along Crume Road. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | $10,000 | An off-duty NWS employee reported shingle damage to homes around the area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | $10,000 | The local fire department reported a tree down across a home in the Henderson Woods subdivision near Vine Grove. A person was temporarily trapped. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | $10,000 | A garage had considerable damage when a tree was blown on to it. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Vine Grove | - | Off-duty NWS employee measured 1.25 inch hail. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Vine Grove | - | This report came from mPing. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | A roof was peeled off of an outbuilding by strong winds. |
| November 2019 | Flood | Vine Grove | - | A NWS employee reported that creeks and ditches were overflowing and a few low water spots had water over them. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Vine Grove | - | NWS employee reported 1 inch hail. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported a large diameter tree downed on McIntyre Road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported a tree down on Duggin Switch Road, which was partially blocked the roadway. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | Trained spotters reported trees and tree limbs down in the area. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | Local law enforcement reported that several trees were downed in Vine Grove and other areas in northern Hardin County. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | A HAM Radio operator reported trees down in Vine Grove. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Vine Grove | - | Nickel sized hail was reported between Elizabethtown and Radcliff. |
| April 2011 | Heavy Rain | Vine Grove | - | In addition to 4.5 inches of rain the trained spotter reported Otter Creek was out of its banks. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Vine Grove | - | Otter Creek and Brushy Fork Creeks were out of their banks. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | Power lines were downed. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Vine Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Vine Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radcliff | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Rogersville | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Vine Grove Junction | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Red Hill | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Long View | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Dietz Acres | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Rineyville | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Prichard Place | 5.2 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 Vine Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2334447 | 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 506053. 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.








