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Maretburg, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Mount Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40456. It lies near McCall Knob. The Survey maps it on the Maretburg quadrangle.

Maretburg within Rockcastle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

Photographs

3 photographs, 1916

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school half the time for some weeks picking, and has made $10. Gets 10 cents a gallon. They are wild blackberries. The teacher of his school, Maretburg School, says there are many absent from time to time for berries, corn, etc. Location: Rockcastle County--Maretburg, Kentucky
Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school half the time for some weeks picking, and has made $10. Gets 10 cents a gallon. They are wild blackberries. The teacher of his school, Maretburg School, says there are many absent from time to time for berries, corn, etc. Location: Rockcastle County--Maretburg, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Homer Hunt tending pigs. See 4421 and 4422. Location: Rockcastle County--Maretburg, Kentucky
Homer Hunt tending pigs. See 4421 and 4422. Location: Rockcastle County--Maretburg, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school half the time for some weeks picking, and has made $10. Gets 10 cents a gallon. They are wild blackberries. The teacher of his school, Maretburg School, says there are many absent from time to time for berries, corn, etc. Location: Rockcastle County--Maretburg, Kentucky
Homer Hunt, 11-year old berry picker. Says he has been out of school half the time for some weeks picking, and has made $10. Gets 10 cents a gallon. They are wild blackberries. The teacher of his school, Maretburg School, says there are many absent from time to time for berries, corn, etc. Location: Rockcastle County--Maretburg, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

82 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Maretburg between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,143 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2007Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHIPPER-O-WILL LANE
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 July 1999Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 May 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockcastle County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Maretburg: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Mount Vernon MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mullins MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rockcastle County

Storms near this place

10 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maretburg in 10 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2021Flash FloodMaretburg$15,000A water rescue is underway on Freedom School Road. A person is trapped in their car surrounded by flood waters.
December 2013FloodMaretburg$1,000An inch or two of water was running across Old Brodhead Road near the bank.
January 2021HailMaretburg$10Hail estimated at half an inch fell 3 miles WSW of Mount Vernon according to a report made on Twitter.
August 2022Flash FloodMaretburg-Pictures show flash flood waters surrounding mobile homes along Freedom School Rd.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMaretburg-Law enforcement relayed reports of trees downed in several areas in and around Mount Vernon. This includes at a residence on Lear Lane, at Freedom School Road and Christmas Tree Road, and on Main Street and Brushy Ridge Road in Orlando.
April 2020HailMaretburg-A trained spotter observed quarter sized hail west of Mount Vernon.
March 2017HailMaretburg-A citizen reported quarter sized hail in Maretburg.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMaretburg-A citizen reported a tree blown down in Maretburg.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMaretburg-A large tree limb about 6 inches in diameter had been blown down and onto the roadway in Maretburg.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMaretburg-A tree was blown down along Maretburg Road in Maretburg. This was a public report received via twitter.

Every storm recorded in Rockcastle 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
Spiro1.1 miles15
Mount Vernon2.5 miles16
Wabd2.9 miles15
Brodhead3.7 miles12
Ottawa3.7 miles15
Renfro Valley3.7 miles13
Quail4.1 miles15
Sand Springs4.3 miles16

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 Q122544790The 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 508541. 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.