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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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Augusta within Bracken County

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

Every listing in Bracken County

Population over time

2 figures

Augusta 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,190
20201,096-94 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2012

Regional 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 burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
22 February 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bracken County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cedron StoneSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Howerton GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maysville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ruggles Stone Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Ruggles Stone Company Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Bracken County

Storms near this place

30 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Flash FloodAugusta1 killed, $250,000Five 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 2000Thunderstorm WindAugusta$100,000A 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 2011Thunderstorm WindAugusta$15,000The roof of a ferry was blown off and small trees were blown over due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAugusta$15,000Large tree branches, a barn, and trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindAugusta$10,000Numerous trees and power lines knocked down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindAugusta$5,000Several trees were downed.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAugusta$4,000A few trees were downed along Mary Ingles Highway.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindAugusta$4,000Several trees were knocked down on Dutch Ridge Rd.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindAugusta$3,000Trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindAugusta$3,000Trees were downed along State Route 8 just outside of Augusta.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAugusta$3,000Trees downed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAugusta$3,000Numerous trees downed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAugusta$3,000Trees downed.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindAugusta$2,000Several trees were reported knocked down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindAugusta$2,000Two trees were knocked down.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindAugusta$2,000A few trees were downed.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindAugusta$2,000Several trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2010Flash FloodAugusta$2,000High water was across several roads in Augusta due to heavy rainfall.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindAugusta$2,000no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindAugusta$1,000One tree was downed across a road near Germantown.
July 2025FloodAugusta-High water was reported on 2nd Street in downtown Augusta near Main Street and Elizabeth Street.
May 2020FloodAugusta-High water was reported on several streets in Augusta.
April 2020HailAugusta-The local fire department reported about four minutes of dime sized hail.
July 2017Flash FloodAugusta-High water closed several streets in Augusta.
May 2004Flash FloodAugusta-State Route 8 was washed out.
July 2001Flash FloodAugusta-High water on roads. Augusta-Minerva Road was impassable.
May 2020HailAugusta-no account filed
April 2020HailAugusta-no account filed
June 2011HailAugusta-no account filed
June 1998HailAugusta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bracken County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
South Higginsport2.1 miles12
Gertrude3.4 miles8
Chatham4.0 miles8
Stoney Point4.4 miles12
Rock Springs4.6 miles11
Wellsburg5.2 miles11
Woolcott5.7 miles8
Bladeston5.9 miles8

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 AugustaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3179996The 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.