Waddy, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Harrisonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40076. The Survey maps it on the Waddy quadrangle. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
On record in Waddy
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
- Waddy Bank Buildinglisted 1978
- Waddy Historic Districtlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1923 USGS Waddy quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Mount Eden quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Mount Eden quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waddy quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Waddy quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Waddy between 2009 and 2010, 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LEWIS FIRE |
| 16 February 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waddy in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Waddy | $60,000 | The tornado destroyed a large barn. Sheet metal from the barn was thrown over 300 yards, and some metal from the barn was 50 yards to the west. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waddy | $50,000 | A barn was blown down. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waddy | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds did unspecified structural damage to a home. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waddy | - | Trees down on Hickory Ridge Road between Ditto Road and Kings Highway in Waddy. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waddy | - | Trees were down on Highway 1005 near Bagdad and Highway 395 near Waddy. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Waddy | - | Hail up to the size of quarters covered the ground. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Waddy | - | The public reported quarter size hail sized near Waddy. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waddy | - | Trees were blown down. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waddy | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waddy | - | Power lines were downed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waddy | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waddy | - | Ham radio operators report 40 to 50 mph sustained winds with gusts up to 60 mph. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Waddy | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Flash Flood | Waddy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemp Ridge | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Peytona | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Harrisonville | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Graefenburg | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Junte | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Clay Village | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hooper | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Southville | 6.0 miles | 12 |
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 Waddy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7959006 | 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 506084. 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.







