Mitchellsburg, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Perryville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40464. It lies near Pittman Hill. The Survey maps it on the Parksville quadrangle. It stands 997 feet above sea level.
On record in Mitchellsburg
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
- James P. Mitchell House and Farmsteadlisted 1997
- Mitchellsburg Louisville and Nashville Railroad Culvertlisted 1998
- James Robinson Houselisted 1998
- Tank Pond Railroad Underpasslisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Parksville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Mitchellsburg between 1999 and 2019, burning about 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | REYNOLDS HOLLOW |
| 14 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELK CAVE |
| 16 February 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 October 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 January 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SCRUBGRASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mitchellsburg in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mitchellsburg | - | There were several trees down near the intersection of Mitchellsburg Road and Harberson Lane. There were also trees down on Bakers Lane, around the 9700 and 10300 block of Lebanon Road, and on Scrubgrass Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mitchellsburg | - | Dispatch reported a tree down along Mitchellsburg Road. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mitchellsburg | - | A tree was down on Mitchellsburg Knob Road. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Mitchellsburg | - | Mitchellburg Road was closed due to high water. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mitchellsburg | - | State officials reported trees down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Mitchellsburg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brumfield | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Parksville | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Perryville | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Forkland | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Wilsonville | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Craintown | 4.0 miles | 6 | |
| Aliceton | 4.3 miles | 6 | |
| Sleettown (historical) | 5.0 miles | 11 |
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 Mitchellsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690967 | 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 498457. 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.





