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Needmore, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sugar Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42101. It lies near Zion Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sugar Grove quadrangle. It stands 495 feet above sea level.

Needmore within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

12 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Needmore between 1997 and 2014, burning about 297 acres in total. None 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
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
25 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 August 1999Debris and open burning26 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2001Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2007Recreation and ceremony75 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2014Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDIMPLE RD.
24 March 1997Arson/incendiarism70 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 1997Arson/incendiarism80 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Needmore: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sugar Grove ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Needmore in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 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
April 2025Flash FloodNeedmore-Water was flowing over Richland Church Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNeedmore-Numerous trees were downed by strong straight-line winds across Butler County.
January 2023HailNeedmore-Estimated quarter size hail fell in the Sugar Grove community.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNeedmore-Trees were blown down near the intersection of U.S. Route 231 and Little Muddy Church Road.
February 2018FloodNeedmore-Multiple roads closed across county, including KY 1153 near mile marker 5-6, KY 3182 mile marker 1-2, and KY 2713 near mile marker 0-1.
June 2014Funnel CloudNeedmore-A storm chaser reported a funnel cloud descending from a rotating wall cloud located 5 miles SSW of Woodbury. This supercell produced hail and damaging winds in Morgantown.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNeedmore-A trailer was blown off the foundation and destroyed on Bowling Green Rd.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNeedmore-Numerous trees were blown down countywide. There was unspecified structural damage. The worst damage was along Highway 231 in the south part of the county.
April 2008Flash FloodNeedmore-Because of high water, the Kentucky Highway Department closed several roads near the Green River Parkway corridor.

Every storm recorded in Butler 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
Sugar Grove1.6 miles14
Dimple3.7 miles14
Carved Rock (historical)4.2 miles14
Woodbury5.1 miles14
Sharer5.2 miles14
Leetown5.2 miles14
Cools Spring (historical)5.5 miles14
Flat Rock (historical)5.7 miles14

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 Q14691031The 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 508681. 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.

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.