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Malaga, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Malaga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41301. It stands on Betts Branch. The Survey maps it on the Landsaw quadrangle.

Malaga within Wolfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

121 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Malaga between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,109 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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
Debris and open burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony18
Arson/incendiarism11
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 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBAPTIST ROAD
2 July 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTRENT HILL-HWY 191
6 May 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryBAPTIST FORK RD.
20 May 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 3036
8 April 2017Arson/incendiarism14 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTERRILL FORK RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wolfe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Malaga: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stillwater Sandstone ExposureSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Wolfe County

Storms near this place

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malaga in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Flash FloodMalaga$50,000Pictures and video on social media showed Stillwater Creek flash flooding around at least one barn and home between Malaga and Landsaw.
August 1997HailMalaga$10,000Hail caused extensive damage to the tobacco crop.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMalaga$1,000A tree was blown down along Hwy 1812 south of Malaga.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMalaga-Two to three inch diameter tree branch blocking the northbound lane of KY Highway 1812 approximately one-half mile north of the Breathitt County line.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindMalaga-Trees blown down at Highway 1812 and Landsaw Road.

Every storm recorded in Wolfe 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
Rosedale (historical)1.4 miles13
Landsaw1.7 miles13
Lexie1.7 miles13
Chamber Fork (historical)2.8 miles13
Baileyfield (historical)2.8 miles13
Rose Chapel (historical)2.9 miles13
Baptist3.1 miles13
Upper Gillmore3.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508526. 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.