Lewisburg, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lewisburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42256. The Survey maps it on the Lewisburg quadrangle. 748 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 479 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLewisburg fell from 903 to 748 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 903 | |
| 2010 | 810 | -93 (-10%) |
| 2020 | 748 | -62 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Lewisburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Lewisburg between 2001 and 2014, burning about 84 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 June 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOGAN RAILROAD |
| 17 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EPLEY STATION |
| 21 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lewisburg: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frazier Hollow Prospect | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Kentucky Flagstone Company Quarry | Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewisburg in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Lewisburg | $100,000 | Three homes across from Reservoir Drive were taking on water as Town Creek overflowed its banks. Some families required evacuation. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | $50,000 | Unspecified structural damage was reported at Kingport Avenue in Lewisburg. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lewisburg | $5,000 | no account filed |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Lewisburg | - | Ten inches of water was reported over road 1/2 mile from 106 and 1153 intersection near Alum Creek. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | Trees were blown down on Green Rd. and Highway 106 in Lewisburg. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | A few trees were downed. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. One tree was blown on to a power line, knocking it down. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lewisburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lewisburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Lewisburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henrysville (historical) | 0.9 miles | 8 | |
| Jerico | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Stewarts Ridge (historical) | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Edwards | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Wolf Lick | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lost City | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Spa | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Diamond Springs | 3.7 miles | 11 |
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 Lewisburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2093234 | 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 496337. 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.



