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Fleming County, Kentucky

42 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

10 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Kentucky within the United States
Fleming County within Kentucky

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Flemingsburg, between 1886 and 1944.
  • 7 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 320 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 10 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 6 buildings, 3 structures and 1 district.
  • 2 of them are covered bridges.
  • 7 of the 10 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 39 populated places in this county; 39 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Kentucky 1013 Bridge, Spanning Sand Lick Creek at Kentucky Route 1013, Plummers Landing, Fleming County, KY
Kentucky 1013 Bridge, Spanning Sand Lick Creek at Kentucky Route 1013, Plummers Landing, Fleming County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

10

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Elizaville Presbyterian Churchbuilding197777000616
First Presbyterian Churchbuilding197777000617
Thomas W. Fleming Housebuilding197979000983
Flemingsburg Historic Districtdistrict198585001479
Goddard Bridgestructure197575000756
Hillsboro Covered Bridgestructure197676000881
Ben Johnson Housebuilding198282002697
Abraham Magowan Housebuilding198383002772
Ringos Mill Covered Bridgestructure197676000880
Franklin R. Sousley Birthplacebuilding197474000870

Covered bridges

2

Fleming County has 2 covered bridges on the National Register. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.

The county from the air

28 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 917 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 28 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-04-01, scale 1:24000
1947-04-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-04-01, scale 1:24000
1947-04-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-04-01, scale 1:24000
1947-04-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-04-01, scale 1:24000
1947-04-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-04-03, scale 1:24000
1948-04-03, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-04-03, scale 1:24000
1948-04-03, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-04-03, scale 1:24000
1948-04-03, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-04-03, scale 1:24000
1948-04-03, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-06-01, scale 1:23600
1950-06-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-06-01, scale 1:23600
1950-06-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-06-01, scale 1:23600
1950-06-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-06-01, scale 1:23600
1950-06-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:60000
1960-04-13, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:60000
1960-04-13, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:60000
1960-04-13, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:60000
1960-04-13, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-10-08, scale 1:24000
1969-10-08, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-10-08, scale 1:24000
1969-10-08, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-10-08, scale 1:24000
1969-10-08, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-10-08, scale 1:24000
1969-10-08, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-05, scale 1:9600
1973-05-05, scale 1:9600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-05, scale 1:9600
1973-05-05, scale 1:9600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-05, scale 1:9600
1973-05-05, scale 1:9600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-05, scale 1:9600
1973-05-05, scale 1:9600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-05, scale 1:78000
1975-04-05, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-05, scale 1:78000
1975-04-05, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-05, scale 1:78000
1975-04-05, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-05, scale 1:78000
1975-04-05, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

6 stations, 3 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

22 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 35-1Magisterial District 1: Sherburne town
  • 35-2Magisterial District 1 - That part east of State Hwy. 11, outside Sherburne town
  • 35-3Magisterial District 1 - That part west of State Hwy. 11, and southeast of State Hwy. 57, outside Sherburne town
  • 35-4Magisterial District 1 - That part northwest of State Hwy. 57
  • 35-5Magisterial District 2: Magisterial District 2 - That part east of Sand Lick Creek
  • 35-6Magisterial District 2 - That part west of Sand Lick Creek and north of State Hwy. 32
  • 35-7Magisterial District 2 - That part west of Sand Lick Creek and south of State Hwy. 32
  • 35-8Magisterial District 3: Magisterial District 3 - That part northwest of State Hwy. 57 and northeast of State Hwy. 21
  • 35-9Magisterial District 3 - That part southeast of State Hwy. 57 and southwest of State Hwy. 21
  • 35-10Magisterial District 4: Flemingsburg town: Flemingsburg town - That part east of State Hwys. 11 and 32
  • 35-11Flemingsburg town - That part west of State Hwys. 11 and 32
  • 35-12Magisterial District 4 - That part east of State Hwy. 11, outside Flemingsburg town
  • 35-13Magisterial District 4 - That part west of State Hwy. 11, outside Flemingsburg town
  • 35-14Magisterial District 5: Hillsboro town
  • 35-15Magisterial District 5 - That part east of Fox Creek and northeast of State Hwy. 158
  • 35-16Magisterial District 5 - That part south of Fox Creek and southwest of State Hwy. 158
  • 35-17Magisterial District 5 - That part west and north of Fox Creek and east of State Hwy. 111, outside Hillsboro town
  • 35-18Magisterial District 5 - That part west of State Hwy. 111 and north of Fox Creek
  • 35-19Magisterial District 6: Magisterial District 6 - That part north of Johnson Creek and northwest of U.S. Hwy. 68
  • 35-20Magisterial District 6 - That part southeast of Johnson Creek, north of State Hwys. 32, 165 and east of U.S. Hwy. 68
  • 35-21Magisterial District 6 - That part southwest of State Hwy. 165, southeast of U.S. Hwy. 68, and northwest of State Hwy. 32
  • 35-22Magisterial District 6 - That part south of State Hwy. 32

Wildfire, 1997 to 2020

71 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 71 of them, burning about 789 acres. 1 started naturally and 5 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony12
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 April 2016Arson/incendiarism130 acresDaniel Boone National ForestSTOCKTON ROAD #2
21 March 2014Debris and open burning95 acresKentucky Division of ForestryINDIAN CREEK
9 April 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 February 2011Recreation and ceremony45 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySTOCTON ROAD
4 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined42 acresKentucky Division of ForestryISHMAEL RD
9 March 2007Railroad operations and maintenance40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 October 2010Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMT TABOR
26 November 2015Debris and open burning39 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHAPPY HOLLOW FIRE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1964 to 2026

60 of 259 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 259 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 8 injuries and about $5,781,200 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind148
Flash Flood46
Hail42
Tornado10
Flood10
Funnel Cloud1
Heavy Rain1
Lightning1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg Jct4 hurtA large swath of wind damage caused by winds reaching up to 80 to 100 mph occurred beginning in a subdivision off highway 11 3.5 miles north-northwest of Flemingsburg and ending near the Beechburg community. While several structures suffered at least minor damage in the path, the worst damage occurred on Cherry Grove Road where a mobile home was destroyed as it rolled into a group of garage buildings. Four people, including two children, were inside the mobile home and suffered injuries. An EF1 tornado touched down on a farm off Harn Road inside the path of the straight-line wind damage.
November 2007Thunderstorm WindMt Carmel2 hurt, $3,000Two people were injured when they were blown off scaffolding during a severe thunderstorm. Extent of injuries is not known.
June 1982Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
June 1964Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
July 2017FloodFlemingsburg Arpt$2,000,000Law enforcement reported flooded streets throughout Flemingsburg several hours after heavy rainfall had ended. A local automobile dealership sustained damage to an estimated 200 vehicles on their lot.
February 2000Flash FloodCountywide$1,000,000Several hours of heavy rain brought widespread flash flooding across most of Fleming county. State officials reported that damage to public property totaled approximately $450,000 with 60 percent uninsured and 24 businesses received approximately $450,000 in damages with 95 percent uninsured.
June 2004Flash FloodFlemingsburg$500,000A ten foot wall of water was flowing down Fleming Creek and caused mass destruction of homes and vehicles in the South Lick area. About four feet of water covered several roads in the Lake Tilton area.
February 1993Tornado (F0)not stated$500,000A small tornado touched down 2 miles north of Flemingsburg. A farm implement store and storage barn were destroyed. A nearby mobile home park was also damaged.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg Arpt$250,000Observers, local dispatch, and citizens all reported numerous trees down across Flemingsburg. Additionally, a mobile home was damaged while another house was destroyed. One home lost its roof while another had a garage moved several feet as high gusts occurred. The canopy of a gas station was also blown down. Much of the observed damage occurred along Kentucky Highways 11 and 559.
September 1984Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
August 2023Tornado (EF0)Beechburg$150,000Actual storm survey determined that tornado likely started and ended within the same minute, only traveling 0.3 miles in that time span. Starting location was 38.4464/-83.6408 and ending location was 38.4482/-83.6352. Due to limitations within the Storm Data interface, could not track the path of the storm since it shows the same start/end time. ||Damage was first observed on a property at the intersection of |Beechburg Road and Colgan Road, where the tornado directly |impacted several structures, including a wooden barn, a mobile |home, a shed, and a larger open barn located behind. All sides of |the mobile home sustained damage, including a large board impaled|into the roof, and some blunt force impacts from pieces of the |nearby barn that collapsed. Vehicles parked to the north and |northeast of the barn sustained heavy damage as it collapsed and |sections became airborne. Next the tornado hit a larger open- air|barn housing heavy equipment. Roof panels were torn off the west |side of the barn and sent up to 200 yards to the ENE. A little |ways down the road, another mobile home sustained blunt force |damage, including a large hole that punctured through into the |interior, as well as wind damage to all sides. Metal roofing from |the barn was found in a grove of trees to the northeast of this |house. The next door neighbor to the east faired better, but it |had debris from the metal barn in their yard, minor wind damage, |and a flagpole which was bent at the base laying northward. |Slightly farther up the road, the next property sustained major |tree damage, including several snapped trees and an uprooted tree,|though no structural damage. The tornado picked up a goat |enclosure in a grove of trees, lifted it over a fence, leaving the|fence untouched, and then tore the structure apart and twisted it|across the front yard of the property. Additional tree damage was|witnessed just past this location before the tornado lifted and |dissipated.
July 2017Flash FloodFlemingsburg Arpt$120,000Dispatch relayed a plethora of reports of flash flooding throughout Flemingsburg. High water entered several businesses and residences, while blocking numerous roadways. A bridge over Town Branch on St. Anthony Drive was severely damaged.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg$100,000Trees and power lines were blown down countywide.
April 2007Tornado (EF1)Sunset$100,000Three barns were totally destroyed, a 70 foot tall concrete block grain silo was blown over, and dozens of trees were uprooted and snapped.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$75,000Concrete silo blown down and two barns damaged.
July 2015Tornado (EF1)Dalesburg$50,000An EF1 tornado with 100 mph winds touched down on a farm off Harn Road around 3 miles northeast of Flemingsburg. The tornado damaged or destroyed barns and shoved a mobile home several feet off its foundation while ripping the roof off of the structure. The tornado touched down within a 6.5 mile swath of 80-100 mph straight line winds.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg Jct$45,000Local Dispatch and Emergency Management reported widespread severe wind damage from near the Mason County line on Kentucky Highway 11, where a building was leveled, to near Goddard. This included multiple downed trees along with a barn blown down near Elizaville. Near Dalesburg, a barn was blown onto Taylor Mill Road while a 20 foot steel cargo container was blown over.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindPoplar Grove$30,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGoddard$25,000The county dispatch office reported numerous trees down countywide.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindColfax$20,000The east side of a barn roof was blown off along Johnson School Road in southern Fleming County. Additional damage to roof panels was incurred on the west side of the barn. Pieces of roofing were thrown eastward and along the road. In addition, the house directly across the street received minor damage as well, including the gutters being torn off the east side of the house. Several large tree limbs also looked to have been downed. This location was in a flat exposed location, and no other structures nearby.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindMt Carmel$20,000A mobile home was blown off its foundation in Mount Carmel.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGoddard$20,000The county dispatch office reported numerous trees down countywide.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindTilton$15,000Local media reported an out building was destroyed on a farm near Tilton.
July 2015Flash FloodCowan$15,000Four homes were severely flooded along Buchanan Road.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindRingos Mills$10,000Several trees were downed at Ringo Mills Baptist Church on KY-158 near Hillsboro. In addition, the church sustained minor exterior damage to the roof and gutters.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg$10,000Trees were blown down and across Highway 111 at Grange City and Hillsboro.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWallingford$10,000Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg$10,000Numerous trees down at the intersection of Highway 57 and Taylors Mill Road.
March 1997Flash FloodCowan$10,000no account filed
March 1997Flash FloodEwing$10,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPlummers Lndg$8,000One large tree was blown down onto 2 vehicles by thunderstorm wind gusts. A large limb was also blown down and a flag pole was bent in half.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindEwing$8,000Roof damage occured to 2 homes near Tea Run Road, and a barn suffered roof damage near Mount Tabor Road as the result of thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindElizaville$7,500A social media report indicated that multiple large trees were blown down by intense winds. Specifically, two large trees came down on a property along Dillon Lane and one of them hit a house. There was no precipitation observed with the wind.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEwing$6,000Two power poles were blown down on Junction Road. Trees were blown down on both Junction Road and Nepton Road.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg$6,000A small barn was blown into Cherry Grove Road at Mill Creek Road. A tree was blown down across Watson Road. All damage was caused by winds estimated at 61 mph.
October 1999Thunderstorm WindMarthas Mill$6,000Strong winds brought down three telephone poles and serveral trees.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindTilton$5,000One structure in Tilton suffered roof damage due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg$5,000Four power poles were blown down between Old Convict Road and Junction Road.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindEwing$5,000Trees were blown down in Ewing.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg$5,000Trees were blown down on Red Bud Road near Ewing at Highways 170 and 559.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMuses Mills$5,000Trees down on Tomishmael Road off Highway 32.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg$5,000Large tree limbs and power lines were down.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindFairview$5,000Strong winds blew a barn down into the road.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindRingos Mills$5,000Law enforcement officials reported several trees downed by high winds in Ringos Mills and Hillsboro. One old structure was also destroyed.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCraintown$5,000A barn was blown down by strong winds associated with a severe thunderstorm.
March 1997Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg$5,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg$4,000Four trees were blown down from Flemingsburg towards Dalesburg on Hwy 57 and Cherry Grove Rd.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg$3,000A tree was blown down onto power lines near Flemingsburg.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCowan$3,000Power poles and lines down due to strong winds.
October 1999Thunderstorm WindGoddard$3,000Power lines were brought down by strong winds.
October 1999Thunderstorm WindEwing$3,000Strong winds brought several power lines down.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindPoplar Plains$3,000Trees and power lines were downed.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindMuses Mills$3,000Power lines were downed.
July 1971Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
December 2019FloodRingos Mills$2,000Dispatch reported flood waters over Mt. Hope Road near Goddard and Rawlings Road near Ringos Mills.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg$2,000A couple of trees were blown down onto Turner Road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWallingford$2,000A few large limbs were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindRingos Mills$2,000Couple of trees down.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$2,000Tool shed was damaged by winds. Several large limbs were blown down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindFlemingsburg$2,000Phone lines were down.

Mines and quarries

2 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. 1 still produces and 1 is closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Clay1
Stone, Crushed/Broken1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carpenter QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fairview Roadcut Clay BedClayProspect

Every populated place in the county

39

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Fleming County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Flemingsburg, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1944

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

1 structure

The vanished settlements of Fleming County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • 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.