White Plains, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Nortonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42464. The Survey maps it on the Nortonville quadrangle. 829 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 417 feet above sea level.
On record in White Plains
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 1 record
- Frederick Miller Houselisted 1988
Population over time
3 figuresWhite Plains grew from 800 to 829 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 | 800 | |
| 2010 | 884 | +84 (+10%) |
| 2020 | 829 | -55 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1912 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of White Plains between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,696 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 were 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAN FIRE |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RED HILL |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 1997 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Plains in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Plains | 1 hurt, $130,000 | Approximately one dozen homes sustained roof damage, including some with partial roof removal. At least two mobile homes were moved off their foundations. Dozens of trees were uprooted. The damage path width averaged less than 1/4 mile. One minor injury occurred. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Plains | $100,000 | Over 60 trees were blown down, and power lines were snapped. Some of the trees landed on houses and cars. Three vehicles were totalled, and four homes received structural damage due to falling trees. The localized damage was caused by a microburst. |
| September 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | White Plains | $80,000 | This short-lived tornado occurred along Highway 813. One framed home and one mobile home were destroyed. There was minor damage to two framed homes. Four sheds were destroyed. Power lines were blown down. Several large trees were downed or uprooted. The destroyed mobile home was thrown about 30 feet into a tree. The lone resident of the mobile home was ejected, but he sustained no injuries requiring treatment. The destroyed framed home lost most of the roof, and bricks were shifted. Peak winds were estimated near 120 mph. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Plains | $25,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts flipped a tractor-trailer rig onto its side as it travelled along U.S. Highway 62. On Kentucky 813 just north of White Plains, thunderstorm winds lifted from the ground and tore apart a small barn. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in the White Plains area. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Plains | $2,000 | Medium size tree limbs were blown down. A trained spotter estimated winds gusted to 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Plains | $2,000 | Small trees of two to three inches in diameter were snapped. |
| March 2023 | Flood | White Plains | - | Water remained over several roads for a day after the heavy rain ended. These roads included state highways 1069, 2281, 254, U.S. Highway 41 at Nortonville, and U.S. 41A. |
| August 2006 | Funnel Cloud | White Plains | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near the Muhlenberg County border south of the Western Kentucky Parkway. |
| April 2011 | Hail | White Plains | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Dillingham (historical) | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Concord (historical) | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Stanley (historical) | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill (historical) | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Nortonville | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Little Valley | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Hill | 4.3 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 White Plains | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2179430 | 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 506635. 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.






