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Massac, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Paducah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42001. The Survey maps it on the Paducah West quadrangle. 4,635 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 459 feet above sea level.

Massac within McCracken County

Population over time

3 figures

Massac grew from 3,888 to 4,635 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20003,888
20104,505+617 (+16%)
20204,635+130 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Massac between 1997 and 2014, burning about 62 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryMT. ZION C
17 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySOUTH FRIE
6 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFRIENDSHIP
25 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryWOODVILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCracken 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 Massac: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Massac Creek Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in McCracken County

Storms near this place

6 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Massac in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2003HailMassac1 hurt, $20,000,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindMassac$80,000A microburst with winds near 70 mph began near Lone Oak and extended northward to the western edge of Paducah, ending at exit 3 on Interstate 24. The most significant tree damage occurred in the vicinity of U.S. Highway 62, where dozens of trees were uprooted or snapped. Other large trees were uprooted between U.S. 60 and U.S. 62 near the western city limits of Paducah. Near the end of the damage path, a billboard was blown down at exit 3 on Interstate 24. Also at exit 3, the canopy of a former gas station was extensively damaged. The damage path width averaged 500 yards, but was up to 1000 yards wide near U.S. 62.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMassac$5,000Multiple trees were blown down near North Gum Springs Road and Lovelaceville west of Lone Oak.
May 2024HailMassac-A trained spotter reported hail estimated at quarter size near U.S. 62 west of Paducah. Emergency management reported hail estimated at half dollar size near the intersection of New Holt Rd and Friendship Rd.
March 2015Heavy RainMassac-Water was over a secondary road near the intersection with State Route 1322. The road was still passable. Several miles south of Lone Oak, the storm-total rainfall was 2.68 inches.
April 2011HailMassac-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCracken 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
Camelia2.4 miles16
Spring Hill2.5 miles22
Highland Church (historical)2.6 miles22
Oak Grove2.9 miles12
Milburn Chapel (historical)3.1 miles16
Milan (historical)3.4 miles16
Kauffman3.5 miles12
Wurth3.6 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on MassacAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3316278The 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 508556. 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.