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Middletown, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Berea census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40403. It lies near Dead Horse Knob. The Survey maps it on the Berea quadrangle.

Middletown within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

63 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Middletown between 1997 and 2019, burning about 450 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
7 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 June 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 April 2001Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 April 2009Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

25 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middletown in 25 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 flash 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
August 2013Flash FloodMiddletown$15,000Local law enforcement reported that standing water flooded several cars near Berea.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMiddletown$10,000The Madison County emergency manager reported power lines down in the Berea area. Power outages due to severe thunderstorm winds were also reported near the intersection of Highway 52W and KY 595.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMiddletown$4,000Local media reported several trees and power lines down near Berea.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-A few trees fell down near Ellipse Street and the Walnut Meadow area.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-A tree and debris were reported in the road at Old US Highway 25 and Highway 1016 in Berea.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Trees were down along Highway 1016 in Berea.
November 2019Flash FloodMiddletown-Parts of Highway 1016 were closed due to water running over the roadway. Other county roads had water issues, mainly in the southern half of Madison County.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Trained spotters reported trees down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
April 2015HailMiddletown-A trained spotter reported ping pong size hail near Berea.
April 2015HailMiddletown-Public report of 1.75 hail in Berea.
June 2015Flash FloodMiddletown-A Kentucky state official reported that there was sporadic flash flooding around town.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-The Berea police reported a tree down on Clay Lane.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Local media reported several trees down near Berea.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Local law enforcement reported a tree down on Paint Lick Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-A tree was blown down in Berea. Power lines were also reported down.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Emergency management reported power outages and trees down across Berea.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Local Emergency Management reported a tree down.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Trees were downed at Johnson Rd, Gabbertown Rd, and at 21 East.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Trees were blown on to power lines.
February 2017HailMiddletown-no account filed
April 2011HailMiddletown-no account filed
May 2010HailMiddletown-no account filed
June 2009HailMiddletown-no account filed
June 2009HailMiddletown-no account filed
June 2009HailMiddletown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Blythewood Estates (historical)0.1 miles18
Berea1.5 miles18
Farristown2.3 miles18
Whites2.8 miles17
Slate Lick3.0 miles18
Wallaceton3.6 miles18
Bobtown4.2 miles16
Buggytown4.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 498158. 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.