BlockMurphysville, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mays Lick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41056. It stands on Lees Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mays Lick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Mays Lick quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Murphysville in 2010, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FIELDS LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murphysville in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murphysville | $20,000 | A trailer was overturned with debris blown onto US Route 68. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murphysville | $7,000 | A few trees and power poles were downed. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Murphysville | $3,000 | Brandywine Road was flooded and closed in the western part of the county. A few other roads were flooded. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Murphysville | - | Brandywine Road was closed due to high water over the roadway. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Murphysville | - | Moving water was reported over Old Sardis Pike. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Murphysville | - | High water was reported along Brandywine Road. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Murphysville | - | Brandywine and Mill Creek Roads remained closed due to high water. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Murphysville | - | Fork Lane was closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Mays Lick | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Dexter (historical) | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Manley (historical) | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Old Washington | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Sardis | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Simon Kenton Acres (historical) | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lewisburg | 5.5 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.
| Wikidata item Q122559859 | 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 508665. 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.