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.
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
- 1953 USGS Maretburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Maretburg quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
3 photographs, 1916Taken 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.
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
82 since 1999Regional 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 burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHIPPER-O-WILL LANE |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mullins Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2013Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2021 | Flash Flood | Maretburg | $15,000 | A water rescue is underway on Freedom School Road. A person is trapped in their car surrounded by flood waters. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Maretburg | $1,000 | An inch or two of water was running across Old Brodhead Road near the bank. |
| January 2021 | Hail | Maretburg | $10 | Hail estimated at half an inch fell 3 miles WSW of Mount Vernon according to a report made on Twitter. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Maretburg | - | Pictures show flash flood waters surrounding mobile homes along Freedom School Rd. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maretburg | - | 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 2020 | Hail | Maretburg | - | A trained spotter observed quarter sized hail west of Mount Vernon. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Maretburg | - | A citizen reported quarter sized hail in Maretburg. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maretburg | - | A citizen reported a tree blown down in Maretburg. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maretburg | - | A large tree limb about 6 inches in diameter had been blown down and onto the roadway in Maretburg. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maretburg | - | A tree was blown down along Maretburg Road in Maretburg. This was a public report received via twitter. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spiro | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Vernon | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Wabd | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Brodhead | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ottawa | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Renfro Valley | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Quail | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sand Springs | 4.3 miles | 16 |
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 Q122544790 | The 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.






