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Muldraugh, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Flaherty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40155. It lies near Muir Hill. The Survey maps it on the Fort Knox quadrangle.

Muldraugh within Meade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Muldraugh between 2007 and 2016, burning about 146 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
6 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 April 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 February 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHoosier National ForestLILY
23 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined144 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFORT DUFFIELD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Storms near this place

9 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Muldraugh in 9 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMuldraugh$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down. One tree was blown on to a mobile home. There was other unspecified building damage.
January 2023Flash FloodMuldraugh-Water was observed over the roadway on Thompson Lane North.
January 2023Flash FloodMuldraugh-Water was observed over the roadway at the intersection of Shumate Street and Creekbed Street in Muldraugh.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMuldraugh-A tree fell down on Highway 31 West on the in hill in Muldraugh.
February 2018FloodMuldraugh-Local media reported portions of North Thompson Lane had high water over it and was flooded.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMuldraugh-The Meade County emergency manager reported trees down on Dewy Street in Muldraugh.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMuldraugh-A tree was blown down on US 31W.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindMuldraugh-Thunderstorm winds downed trees down on US Highway 31W in the Muldraugh Hill area.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMuldraugh-Power lines were downed around Otter Creek Park.

Every storm recorded in Meade 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
Van Voorhis Manor2.2 miles14
Hughes Landing2.8 miles16
Grahamton3.0 miles16
Rock Haven3.4 miles16
Lickskillet3.5 miles16
Pilcher Landing4.0 miles16
Hog Wallow6.7 miles16
Doe Valley6.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 499075. 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.