Lewisburg, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Maysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41056. It stands on Little Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mays Lick quadrangle. It stands 732 feet above sea level.
On record in Lewisburg
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.
- Rust Houselisted 1978 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1915 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Mays Lick quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Lewisburg between 2014 and 2016, burning about 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PLEASANT VALLEY RD. |
| 11 November 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | REID ST. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewisburg in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Lewisburg | $25,000 | A portion of Strodes Run Road was washed out due to high water. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | $10,000 | A communication tower near the Lewisburg Volunteer Fire Department was bent. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Lewisburg | $3,000 | Numerous roads were closed due to high water caused by heavy rainfall. |
| January 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | $3,000 | Several large tree limbs were downed along Mill Creek Road. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Lewisburg | $2,000 | Several roads were closed across the county due to heavy rainfall. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | The gust was reported on the 21:35 EST observation. The gust time was estimated based on radar data. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | Measured at the Fleming-Mason County Airport. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | Measured at the Fleming-Mason County Airport. |
| March 2013 | Heavy Rain | Lewisburg | - | High water was reported over a few low lying roads due to heavy rain. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | no account filed |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | no account filed |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Lewisburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall | 0.3 miles | 11 | |
| Taylors Mill (historical) | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Weedonia | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Somo | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Helena | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Gilead | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Orangeburg | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Mays Lick | 4.6 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.
| Wikidata item Q63846394 | 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 496338. 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.






