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Waterford, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Spencer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40071. It stands on Chadbourn Branch. The Survey maps it on the Waterford quadrangle.

Waterford within Spencer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Waterford between 1997 and 2011, burning about 51 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
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
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
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2011Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPORTER FIRE
20 March 1999Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 February 1997Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 October 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMASTERS LANE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spencer County

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waterford in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2008Tornado (EF0)Waterford$150,000The tornado destroyed two mobile homes, and did extensive roof and tree damage.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWaterford-There were four cedar trees that split.
April 2022Tornado (EF0)Waterford-A small and narrow tornado touched down on the 600 block of Plum Creek Road in far western Spencer County. The 30 yard wide tornado caused extensive roof damage. Insulation was thrown from the northeast to the southeasterly direction and blown into trees. A large older satellite dish was thrown 20 yards and wedged in between 2 trees. The homeowner described a frightening tale of intense wind and a roaring sound. Doppler weather radar showed a nub on the squall line reflectivity, which corresponded well with where the twister touched down.||The next house up the street had some minor roof damage and there were several trees down in different directions.
February 2018FloodWaterford-High water flooded Love Lane.
November 2018FloodWaterford-Lily Pike and Love Lane, in Spencer County, were flooded and impassable.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWaterford-Local emergency dispatch reported a tree down on Highgrove Road.
April 2011FloodWaterford-Media reports impassable roads near the intersection of Lily Pike and Love Ln. as well as other flooded roads throughout Spencer county along the Salt River.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindWaterford-The state road department reported several large limbs had to be removed from KY 1060, KY 1251, and KY 1633.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindWaterford-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWaterford-An observer estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWaterford-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindWaterford-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWaterford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Spencer 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
Crenshaw1.9 miles12
Taylorsville5.0 miles11
Yoder5.1 miles11
Riverhill Farm (historical)5.2 miles11
Elk Creek5.5 miles11
Wilsonville6.3 miles12
Normandy6.5 miles11
Zion (historical)7.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 506264. 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.