Drinking water stations with addresses in Columbia and their reported violations in the past:
ADAIR COUNTY WATER DISTRICT (Population served: 17820, Purch_surface_water):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAY-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAY-24-2004), St Public Notif received (MAY-24-2004), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-23-2004), St Public Notif requested (JUL-23-2004)
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between JUL-25-2003 and SEP-02-2003, Contaminant: Public Notice. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-02-2003)
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JUL-01-1997 and AUG-01-2000, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-03-1999), St Public Notif requested (NOV-03-1999), St Public Notif issued (NOV-17-1999), St Public Notif requested (AUG-01-2000), St Compliance achieved (AUG-01-2000)
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JUL-1993 and NOV-1995, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-30-1995), St Public Notif requested (NOV-03-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-03-1999), St Public Notif issued (NOV-17-1999), St Compliance achieved (AUG-01-2000)
- One regular monitoring violation
COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION (Population served: 5402, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between JUL-2004 and SEP-2004, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-11-2004), St Formal NOV issued (OCT-11-2004), St Compliance achieved (JAN-10-2005)
- MCL, Average - Between APR-2004 and JUN-2004, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-10-2004), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-10-2004), St Public Notif received (SEP-16-2004), St Compliance achieved (JAN-10-2005)
- MCL, Average - Between JAN-2004 and MAR-2004, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAY-27-2004), St Formal NOV issued (MAY-27-2004), St Compliance achieved (JAN-10-2005)
- MCL, Average - Between OCT-2003 and DEC-2003, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-25-2004), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-25-2004), St Compliance achieved (JAN-10-2005)
- MCL, Average - Between JUL-2003 and SEP-2003, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-31-2003), St Public Notif requested (OCT-31-2003), St Public Notif received (DEC-10-2003)
- MCL, Average - Between APR-2003 and JUN-2003, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JUL-31-2003), St Public Notif requested (JUL-31-2003), St Compliance achieved (AUG-13-2003)
- 9 other older health violations
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between NOV-15-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-15-2005)
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between OCT-2002 and DEC-2002, Contaminant: Carbon, Total-Organic. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-27-2002), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-28-2003), St Public Notif requested (FEB-28-2003), St Public Notif received (JUN-23-2003)
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JUL-01-1993 and JUN-10-1998, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (2 times from JUL-25-1994 to JUN-10-1998), St Public Notif requested (2 times from JUN-10-1998 to NOV-03-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-03-1999), St Public Notif issued (NOV-17-1999)
- One minor monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 26.6% | | Whole state: | 15.8% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 12.0% | | Whole state: | 6.6% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Columbia, KY
People in group quarters in Columbia
- 529 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 99 people in nursing homes
- 59 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 27 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 5 people in other group homes
Columbia compared to Kentucky state average:
- Median household income significantly below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- House age below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Columbia (2009 data):
- First & Farmers National Bank, Inc.: Drive-In Branch, 224 South Public Square Columbia, Wright Drive Branch. Info updated 2008-02-20: Bank assets: $437.8 mil, Deposits: $376.9 mil, headquarters in Somerset, KY, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 11 total offices, Holding Company: Albany Bancorp, Inc.
- Bank of Columbia: Bank Of Columbia, Jamestown Street Branch, Merchant Street Drive-In Branch. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $120.1 mil, Deposits: $101.8 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Columbia Bancshares, Inc.
- United Citizens Bank of Southern Kentucky: Columbia Branch at 1582 Campbellsville Road, branch established on 2007-01-08; United Citizens Bank Of Southern Ken at 700 Jamestown Street, branch established on 2004-12-06. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $136.3 mil, Deposits: $112.0 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: United Citizens Bancorp, Inc.
- Community Trust Bank, Inc.: Campbellsville Columbia Branch at 710 Russell Road, branch established on 1932-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,942.7 mil, Deposits: $2,343.6 mil, headquarters in Pikeville, KY, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 77 total offices, Holding Company: Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Columbia, Kentucky
- Best Western Columbia, 1102 Jamestown Rd, Columbia, KY 42728, Phone: (270) 384-9744
- Lakeway Motel, 705 Russell Rd, Columbia, KY 42728, Phone: (270) 384-2161
All 2 fire-safe hotels and motels in Columbia, Kentucky
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Adair County Kentucky:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (52%)
- Electricity (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Religion statistics for Columbia
| Name | United Methodist Church | Southern Baptist Convention | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Separate Baptists in Christ | Church of the Nazarene |
| Adherents | 30.9% | 23.7% | 16.6% | 7.5% | 4.2% |
| Congregations | 27.5% | 18.8% | 11.6% | 11.6% | 4.3% |
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| Name | Churches of Christ | Brethren in Christ Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Old Order Amish | Other religions |
| Adherents | 3.4% | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 7.2% |
| Congregations | 4.3% | 5.8% | 1.4% | 2.9% | 11.6% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
7 | $21,210 | $36,360 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $1,896 | $22,752 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
10 | $28,452 | $34,142 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
4 | $8,335 | $25,005 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
5 | $10,979 | $26,350 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
3 | $8,189 | $32,756 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
7 | $19,186 | $32,890 | 0 | $0 |
| Gas Supply |
4 | $10,904 | $32,712 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
41 | $109,151 | $31,947 | 0 | $0 |
Columbia government finances in 2006:
- Charges - Sewerage: $540,000
Solid Waste Management: $366,000
Parks and Recreation: $12,000
All Other: $2,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $156,000
Parks and Recreation: $10,000
Central Staff Services: $5,000
- Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $1,788,000
Water Utilities: $1,114,000
Sewerage: $714,000
Police Protection: $692,000
Central Staff Services: $432,000
Solid Waste Management: $393,000
Regular Highways: $295,000
Local Fire Protection: $59,000
Parks and Recreation: $46,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Water Utilities: $195,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $598,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $2,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $179,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $89,000
Rents: $21,000
General Revenue, NEC: $15,000
Sale of Property: $4,000
- NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $14,951,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $14,772,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Local Fire Protection: $370,000
Police Protection: $47,000
Regular Highways: $41,000
Central Staff Services: $27,000
Parks and Recreation: $11,000
- Revenue - Gas Utilities: $1,894,000
Water Utilities: $1,017,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $405,000
Sewerage: $157,000
Highways: $115,000
Gas Utilities: $66,000
- Tax - Insurance Premiums Sales: $833,000
Property: $397,000
Public Utilities Sales: $120,000
Other License: $28,000
Occupation and Business License, NEC: $23,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $1,701,000
5.75% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,307 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.75% | | Kentucky average: | 6.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.00% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,697 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.00% | | Kentucky average: | 6.74% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Columbia:
- WAIN (1270 AM; 1 kW; COLUMBIA, KY)
- WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
- WIDS (570 AM; 1 kW; RUSSELL SPRINGS, KY; Owner: HAMMOND BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
- WJKY (1060 AM; daytime; 1 kW; JAMESTOWN, KY; Owner: LAKE CUMBERLAND BROADCASTERS)
- WAMB (1160 AM; 50 kW; DONELSON, TN; Owner: GREAT SOUTHERN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WKDA (1200 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: RADIO NASHVILLE, INC.)
- WLAC (1510 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WNQM (1300 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: WNQM. INC.)
- WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
- WAKY (1540 AM; 1 kW; GREENSBURG, KY; Owner: GREEN COUNTY CBC, INC.)
- WTCO (1450 AM; 1 kW; CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY; Owner: CBC OF MARION & TAYLOR COUNTIES INC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Columbia:
- WAIN-FM (93.5 FM; COLUMBIA, KY; Owner: TRI-COUNTY RADIO BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WDCL-FM (89.7 FM; SOMERSET, KY; Owner: WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
- WHVE (92.7 FM; RUSSELL SPRINGS, KY; Owner: SHORELINE COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WJRS (104.9 FM; JAMESTOWN, KY; Owner: LAKE CUMBERLAND BROADCASTERS)
- WCKQ (104.1 FM; CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY; Owner: CBC OF MARION & TAYLOR COUNTIES INC)
- WGRK-FM (103.1 FM; GREENSBURG, KY; Owner: GREEN COUNTY CBC, INC.)
- WKNK (99.1 FM; EDMONTON, KY; Owner: HART COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WVLC (99.9 FM; MANNSVILLE, KY; Owner: PATRICIA RODGERS)
- WMKZ (93.1 FM; MONTICELLO, KY; Owner: MONTICELLO-WAYNE COUNTY MEDIA, INC.)
- WKYM (101.7 FM; MONTICELLO, KY; Owner: STEPHEN W. STAPLES JR.)
- WXKY-FM (96.3 FM; STANFORD, KY; Owner: LINCOLN-GARRARD BROADCASTING CO.,INC)
- WKYR-FM (107.9 FM; BURKESVILLE, KY; Owner: RAY MULLINIX)
- WAPD (91.7 FM; CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WTKY-FM (92.1 FM; TOMPKINSVILLE, KY; Owner: WHITTIMORE ENTERPRISES, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Columbia:
- WKSO-TV (Channel 29; SOMERSET, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- WBKI-TV (Channel 34; CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY; Owner: LOUISVILLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W04BP (Channel 4; CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY; Owner: CAMPSVILLE UNIVERSITY)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)
Columbia, Kentucky:
- Fatal accident count: 9
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 12
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 2
- Fatalities: 11
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 17
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Kentucky average:
- Fatal accident count: 72
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 112
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 20
- Fatalities: 78
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 190
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 7
See more detailed statistics of Columbia fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Columbia)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 9 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 13 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Columbia, KY)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 11 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 30 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Columbia)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 15 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Columbia)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 56
- Hazardous Condition: 2
- Good Intent Call: 1
Incident types - Columbia
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Columbia, KY
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