BlockWillow Grove, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Foster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41043. It stands on Snag Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moscow quadrangle. It stands 538 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1931 USGS Felicity quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Moscow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Moscow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Moscow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Willow Grove between 2002 and 2007, burning about 22 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willow Grove in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Willow Grove | $200,000 | There were reports of water entering many homes in the Foster Johnsonville area. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow Grove | $40,000 | Several barns were severely damaged along Kentucky Route 8. The barns looked as if they were collapsed by strong west winds. Another barn was destroyed on Eden Ridge Road. Several large trees were down throughout the county. Also, a house on Snag Creek Road had major damage with a large section of the roof missing. A large swath of damage with numerous trees laying in the road was located along Kentucky Route 8 just west and including Snag Creek Road. Based on the damage, winds were estimated to be 70 to 80 mph. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow Grove | $8,000 | Two barns on Kentucky Route 8 were destroyed. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow Grove | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down across the county, including along Snag Creek Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow Grove | $3,000 | A few trees were downed along State Route 8. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Foster | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Johnsville | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wellsburg | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lenoxburg | 4.2 miles | 6 | |
| Rock Springs | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Woolcott | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cumminsville | 6.0 miles | 8 |
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 Willow Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691523 | 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 509377. 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.