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Milledgeville, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hustonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40484. The Survey maps it on the Junction City quadrangle.

Milledgeville within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Milledgeville between 1998 and 2019, burning about 186 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
24 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryREYNOLDS HOLLOW
26 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenance75 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRANGE FIRE
14 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPOWER LINE
10 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMORLAND
1 April 2015Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBOWEN
8 March 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 March 2019Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHARRIS CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milledgeville in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
June 2018Flash FloodMilledgeville$50,000Several people were evacuated from homes near the 2141 Spur due to Harris Creek overflowing its banks.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMilledgeville-There were trees down along Kentucky Route 2141.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMilledgeville-Trees were down on Airport Road near the Lincoln Boyle county line.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMilledgeville-A tree was blown down over U.S. Route 127.
October 2014HailMilledgeville-One inch hail fell 9 miles west of Stanford.

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Moreland1.0 miles11
Harris Creek (historical)1.4 miles11
Hustonville3.3 miles8
Chicken Bristle3.3 miles8
McCormack (historical)3.8 miles13
Turnersville4.5 miles8
McKinney5.5 miles8
Blue Lick6.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508604. 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.