BlockMoranburg, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Maysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41056. It stands on South Fork Lawrence Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maysville West quadrangle.
On record in Moranburg
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 1 record
Ben Moran Houselisted 1987
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1915 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Maysville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Maysville West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Moranburg: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Franfort Mtls. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Maysville Dredging, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moranburg in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moranburg | $7,500 | A roof was partially removed from a house. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moranburg | $3,000 | Several trees were knocked down on Navaho Drive. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moranburg | $3,000 | Several trees and large branches were snapped due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moranburg | $2,000 | A couple of trees were downed in the Maysville area. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moranburg | $1,000 | A tree was blown down and was blocking Route 8 due to thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Moranburg | - | High water was reported on Mary Ingles Highway. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Moranburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Moranburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Club Heights | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Simon Kenton Acres (historical) | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Shawnee Hill (historical) | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Old Washington | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Maysville | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| South Ripley | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fernleaf | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dexter (historical) | 5.6 miles | 10 |
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 Q122550644 | 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 498572. 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.
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.