Windsor, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Dunnville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42565. It lies near Bethany Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Phil quadrangle. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Phil quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Windsor between 1999 and 2017, burning about 292 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROWN RIDGE |
| 10 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MERRITT RIDGE |
| 24 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Windsor in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | Multiple trees were blown down in Windsor. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | Multiple trees were blown down across Goodin Road. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Windsor | - | Half dollar-sized hail was observed in Windsor. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | There were trees down on Highway 80 near Windsor. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Windsor | - | Flooding was reported on Sloan Fork Road near Sloan Fork. Flooding was also reported in Yosemite near Breeden. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down across KY 80 at mile marker 3 which closed the road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | A mobile home was missing a 10 to 12 foot section of roof. Another mobile home had the roof blown off its porch. A barn was blown down. Another barn near a house had metal roof sections removed. Numerous trees were blown down. An NWS storm survey team determined that winds gusted up to 80 mph. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | Power lines were downed near Windsor, KY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Acre | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Teddy | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Luttrell (historical) | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Evona | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Mintonville | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Phil | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Labascus | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Dunnville | 7.2 miles | 9 |
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 Windsor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691525 | 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 509382. 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.



