Maplesville, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Greenmount-Langnau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40741. The Survey maps it on the London quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS London quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS London quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Maplesville between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,460 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2007 | Natural | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TOMCAT #2 |
| 19 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TOMCAT #1 |
| 9 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | READY MIX RD |
| 9 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RAPIERS CEM. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maplesville in 11 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 5 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2021 | Flood | Maplesville | $15,000 | Flooding was ongoing across Sally's Branch Road. Local broadcast media posted a video on Facebook of a water rescue now occurring on this road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maplesville | $10,000 | There were trees down and a roof blown off of a barn on McWhorter road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maplesville | - | Trees were reported to have been blown down along KY-80 near Bush Elementary School in eastern Laurel County according to pictures sent to the office by a HAM radio operator. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maplesville | - | County dispatch reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Maplesville School and Old Salem Road. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Maplesville | - | A picture shows multiple hailstones compared with a penny on the NE side of London, near the Maplesville community. The largest stones were at least double the size of the penny. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Maplesville | - | Sally's Branch Road is flooded and not passable. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Maplesville | - | Sally's Branch Road is flooded and not passable. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Maplesville | - | Laurel County Dispatch reported a water rescue and road closure due to flash flooding along Sally's Branch Road near London. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Maplesville | - | Laurel County Dispatch reported a water rescue due to flash flooding along Payne Trail near London. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Maplesville | - | A citizen reported small stream flooding on Payne Trail east of London. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Maplesville | - | Dispatch reported water over Sallys Branch Road east of London. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| London | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Langnau | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pittsburg | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Laurel River Neighborhood | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sublimity City | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Crawford | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Lesbas | 5.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 513778. 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.






