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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.

Madrid within Breckinridge County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

25 since 1999

Regional 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/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
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
5 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2015Railroad operations and maintenance21 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBALLMAN MCCOY LANE
22 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAVE SPRING
18 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1999Smoking13 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 July 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryPATRIOT SH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Breckinridge County

Storms near this place

4 since 2004

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMadrid$15,000A tree fell on power lines on State Road 737.
March 2026Tornado (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 2023Thunderstorm WindMadrid-Ben Johnson Elementary School gymnasium sustained damage.
May 2004Flash FloodMadrid-Water covered parts of Highway 259 in southern Breckinridge County.

Every storm recorded in 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
McCoy2.1 miles12
Centerview2.2 miles11
Fisher2.8 miles10
Cobblers Knob3.8 miles12
Horn Back Mill3.8 miles12
Mook4.2 miles11
Hudson4.4 miles11
McDaniels4.4 miles12

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.