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Edgington, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Greenup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41144. It stands on Little Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Portsmouth quadrangle.

Edgington within Greenup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

128 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Edgington between 1997 and 2020, burning about 911 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism24
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5485
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1821
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13285
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 August 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15823
24 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenup County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Edgington: 5 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Greenup MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
River Creek Clay BedClayProspect
Blair QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cunningham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cunningham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Franklin Furnace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Franklin Furnace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greenup County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgington in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025FloodEdgington-The Ohio River at Lloyd Greenup Lock rose above its 54 foot flood stage on the morning of April 6th. The river crested around 54.9 feet overnight and then slowly receded below flood stage shortly after midnight on the 8th. Low lying areas began to flood in the midst of the swollen river.

Every storm recorded in Greenup 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
Grays Branch1.9 miles15
Limeville1.9 miles15
Maloneton1.9 miles15
Siloam3.9 miles15
Oliver Station4.0 miles18
Sunshine4.0 miles15
Frost4.1 miles15
Lloyd4.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507911. 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.