Mavity, Kentucky
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Cannonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41129. It stands on Ellington Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boltsfork quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1901 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Boltsfork quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Boltsfork quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
107 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Mavity between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,115 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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 | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELIZABETH COURT |
| 21 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUCK HAVEN |
| 3 May 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COLLINS ROAD |
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 Mavity: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Shale Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Princess Mine Big Run | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mavity in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 4 flood, 3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mavity | $5,000 | A healthy seventy foot pine tree fell onto a home near Cannonsburg along KY 180. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Mavity | $5,000 | Road flooding from the East Fork of the Little Sandy occurred. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Mavity | $3,000 | Bear Creek flooded. Some precautionary evacuations were done. Also, Lockwood Estates near Route 23 had water problems. |
| September 2006 | Flood | Mavity | $2,000 | Rains of 2 to 2.5 inches fell in over 12 hours causing small streams to flood in the western portion of the county. Rush Creek and Trace Creek flooded fields and roads. No damage to homes was reported. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Mavity | $1,000 | High water occurred over the intersection of Trace Road and Four Mile Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mavity | $1,000 | Large branches were blown down along Route 3. |
| January 2022 | Flash Flood | Mavity | $500 | A portion of Trace Road was closed due to flooding. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Mavity | - | Flooding was observed near Rush on Walker Lane, Four Mile Road, Big Run Trace, Old Trace Road, and Mary Lane. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Mavity | - | Flooding was observed on Bear Creek Road. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mavity | - | Trees fell down along Route 3. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trace (historical) | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Cannonsburg | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Chadwick Creek (historical) | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Princess | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Garner | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Cloverdale (historical) | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Coalton | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Big Sandy (historical) | 4.4 miles | 21 |
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 Q122552695 | 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 508563. 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.








