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Middletown, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Russell Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42642. The Survey maps it on the Russell Springs quadrangle.

Middletown within Russell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Middletown between 1999 and 2020, burning about 245 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
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
11 April 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 March 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined215 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHARLES GIBBS
4 February 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGINGER FIRE
14 November 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySAWDUST
10 November 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 619

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Russell 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 Middletown: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mcclure DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Russell County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middletown in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-A tree was blown down by strong winds on Fox Lane in Jamestown.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-A tree was blown down by strong winds and fell across Half Acre Road near the Jamestown Waste Water Treatment plant.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindMiddletown-Quite a few trees were downed county wide, including some in Jamestown.
February 2011Flash FloodMiddletown-Halfacre road was closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Russell 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
Esto2.2 miles9
Russell Springs2.5 miles9
Jamestown2.6 miles9
Karlus3.2 miles9
Royville3.6 miles9
Rose Crossroads3.9 miles9
Humble4.7 miles9
Jericho4.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508597. 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.