BlockWakefield, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Taylorsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40071. The Survey maps it on the Bloomfield quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
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 Wakefield: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer County Stone, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wakefield in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wakefield | $20,000 | Numerous trees were downed. There was a report of roof damage to a building. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wakefield | - | A 59 mph wind gust was measured at the Spencer County Kentucky mesonet station. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wakefield | - | The National Weather Service in Louisville confirmed straight line wind damage occurred in far southeastern Spencer County, near Wakefield, KY, by the county line. Winds of 70 to 75 mph did damage to a large older barn. Several sections of the barn were thrown 40 yards on top of a Chevy Silverado. The owner of the property had just left to go inside his farmhouse next door by just a few minutes. The owner described a heavy wind and burst of heavy rain when it occurred. There was shingle and soffit damage to the farmhouse. Debris was thrown across Eggen Road, all facing to the southeast. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wakefield | - | Trees were down on Ochs Lane. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wakefield | - | One tree was reported down with water over the roadway in an area that typically floods. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wakefield | - | The Spencer County emergency manager reported that trees were down due to severe thunderstorm winds on Cecil Noel Road. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Wakefield | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wakefield | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Wakefield | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Wakefield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion (historical) | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Riverhill Farm (historical) | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Leatherwoods Settlement (historical) | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Taylorsville | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Yoder | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Little Mount | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Waterford | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Rivals | 8.7 miles | 11 |
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 Wakefield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16902849 | 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 509301. 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.
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.