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Ewington, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mount Sterling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40353. The Survey maps it on the Mount Sterling quadrangle.

Ewington within Montgomery County

On record in Ewington

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Ewington between 2001 and 2010, burning about 25 acres 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySR 486
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 February 2001Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 February 2001Smoking3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

12 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ewington in 12 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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
September 2018FloodEwington$750,000Flooding occurred throughout and around Mount Sterling. Four water rescues were performed and an estimated 30-50 homes were inundated by flood waters along with 20 businesses.
April 2015Flash FloodEwington$1,000One hundred yards of six inch deep water was flowing over Spencer Rd on Rt 713. A lot of drive ways in the area were washed out.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEwington$1,000Three locust trees were blown down near Ewington.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindEwington-Two trees were blown down along Turkey Road, near the intersection with Stepstone Road, just northeast of Mt. Sterling.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindEwington-Montgomery County Dispatch reports downed trees blocking Osborne Road from the thunderstorms earlier this evening.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindEwington-A tree fell at the intersection of Midland Trail and Hinkston Pike in Mount Sterling, KY.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindEwington-A tree was reported down at the intersection of Howards Mill Road and Stepstone Road near the community of Ewington, KY.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindEwington-A tree was blown down at the intersection of Turley and Stepstone Road near Mount Sterling.
April 2020HailEwington-A citzen observed penny sized hail near Ewington.
July 2019Flash FloodEwington-A citizen observed water flowing over Interstate 64 near Mount Sterling, including between Exits 110 and 113.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindEwington-Trees were blown down and across the west bound lanes of I64.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEwington-Trees were blown down on US 60E.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Smithville (historical)1.5 miles8
Pine Hill (historical)1.6 miles8
Rosedale (historical)1.7 miles8
Mount Sterling2.9 miles8
Howards Mill3.2 miles8
Stoops3.2 miles6
Stepstone3.8 miles8
Judy4.4 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 491864. 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.

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.