Madrid, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the McDaniels-Hudson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42754. The Survey maps it on the Madrid quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Madrid quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Madrid between 1999 and 2016, burning about 308 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BALLMAN MCCOY LANE |
| 22 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAVE SPRING |
| 18 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 13 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PATRIOT SH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madrid in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $15,000 | A tree fell on power lines on State Road 737. |
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Madrid | - | The tornado uprooted a couple trees and blew off sections of a metal roof before crossing Rough River Lake back into Grayson County. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | - | Ben Johnson Elementary School gymnasium sustained damage. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Madrid | - | Water covered parts of Highway 259 in southern Breckinridge 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCoy | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Centerview | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Fisher | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cobblers Knob | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Horn Back Mill | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mook | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hudson | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| McDaniels | 4.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508522. 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.





