Muses Mills, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41093. It stands on Greenbrier Branch. The Survey maps it on the Plummers Landing quadrangle. It stands 715 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Plummers Landing quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Muses Mills between 1999 and 2020, burning about 544 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BEN HAM |
| 7 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BEN HAM |
| 9 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | SCHOOLHOUSE |
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ISLAND FORK |
| 3 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GODDARD RD |
| 25 April 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SUIT LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Muses Mills in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2012: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muses Mills | $5,000 | Trees down on Tomishmael Road off Highway 32. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muses Mills | $3,000 | Power lines were downed. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muses Mills | $1,000 | Numerous trees were blown down and the roof of porch was damaged. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Muses Mills | - | Quarter size hail fell in Muses Mills. |
| April 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Muses Mills | - | Funnel cloud sighted over Muses Mills. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Muses Mills | - | Creeks overflowed onto roadways in the area. Some roads were closed due to the high water. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Muses Mills | - | 3 to 4 inches of water was reported flowing over Kentucky Highway 1013. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muses Mills | - | Trees were downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Plummers Landing | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Park Lake Resort (historical) | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Plummers Mill | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Goddard | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Wallingford | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Carpentersville (historical) | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pea Ridge (historical) | 7.1 miles | 8 |
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 Muses Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622019 | 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 514171. 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.



