Augusta, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41002. It stands on Bracken Creek. The Survey maps it on the Felicity quadrangle. 1,096 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 515 feet above sea level.
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On record in Augusta
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 12 of 16 shown
Augusta College Historic Buildingslisted 1980
Baker Vineyard and Wine Cellar (Boundary Increase)listed 2007
Baker Vinyard and Wine Cellarlisted 1974
Brothers-O'Neil Houselisted 1984
Mordecai Chalfant Houselisted 1987
Alfonso McKibben Houselisted 1984
J. R. Minor Houselisted 1984
Stroube Houselisted 1987
Water Street Historic Districtlisted 1975
James Weldon Houselisted 1984
Wells-Keith Houselisted 1984- Augusta Historic Districtlisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresAugusta fell from 1,190 to 1,096 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,190 | |
| 2020 | 1,096 | -94 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Felicity quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Felicity quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Augusta in 2012, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 February 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Augusta: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedron Stone | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Howerton Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Maysville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ruggles Stone Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ruggles Stone Company Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
Storms near this place
30 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Augusta in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Augusta | 1 killed, $250,000 | Five to seven inches of rain produced widespread flash flooding across Bracken County. Two homes were washed away off of Augusta-Minerva Road, killing one man (M82MH). Several other homes in the area sustained damage due to the high water. About 20 boats broke from their moorings on Bracken Creek and were washed into the Ohio River. Several roads across the area also sustained damage due to the rushing water. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $100,000 | A supercell tracked across the county causing significant damage. Roofs were blown off a barn and a restaurant. Between 50 and 100 trees were blown down between Augusta and Germantown, which is on the border of Mason county. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $15,000 | The roof of a ferry was blown off and small trees were blown over due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $15,000 | Large tree branches, a barn, and trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines knocked down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $5,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $4,000 | A few trees were downed along Mary Ingles Highway. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $4,000 | Several trees were knocked down on Dutch Ridge Rd. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $3,000 | Trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $3,000 | Trees were downed along State Route 8 just outside of Augusta. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $3,000 | Trees downed. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $3,000 | Numerous trees downed. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $3,000 | Trees downed. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $2,000 | Several trees were reported knocked down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $2,000 | Two trees were knocked down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $2,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $2,000 | Several trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Augusta | $2,000 | High water was across several roads in Augusta due to heavy rainfall. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Augusta | $1,000 | One tree was downed across a road near Germantown. |
| July 2025 | Flood | Augusta | - | High water was reported on 2nd Street in downtown Augusta near Main Street and Elizabeth Street. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Augusta | - | High water was reported on several streets in Augusta. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Augusta | - | The local fire department reported about four minutes of dime sized hail. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Augusta | - | High water closed several streets in Augusta. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Augusta | - | State Route 8 was washed out. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Augusta | - | High water on roads. Augusta-Minerva Road was impassable. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Augusta | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Augusta | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Augusta | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Augusta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Higginsport | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gertrude | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Chatham | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Stoney Point | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rock Springs | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wellsburg | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Woolcott | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bladeston | 5.9 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 Augusta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3179996 | 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 486141. 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.
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.





