Newbern, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Smithland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42045. It stands on Gum Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Calvert City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 23 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.
- 1929 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Calvert City quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Calvert City quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Calvert City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Calvert City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Newbern between 1999 and 2016, burning about 169 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Smoking | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CALVERT SUB STATION |
| 27 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EVELYN RD |
| 13 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MCCORMICK CREEK |
| 29 March 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DOVER ROAD |
| 25 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FAULKNER LANE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Newbern: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Manganese, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Calvert City Smelter | Chromium, Manganese | Plant | ||
| Smithland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tenn Forging Steel/ Calvert City Ky | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Valley Divide Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newbern in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Newbern | $50,000 | A swath of large hail fell with a storm moving eastward in southern Livingston County. Hail estimated to golf ball size fell near the Gum Spring Branch on KY-453. Rednaur Rd had truck windows broken out and house windows broken from hail. Damage to siding occurred to a home on Newburn Rd and to the roof, siding, and windows of a home on Sanders Cemetery Rd. Baseball size hail was reported on Greenwood Rd. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Newbern | $20,000 | Three feet of water surrounded a house in Salem. Water entered two other houses. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newbern | $15,000 | A number of downed trees and power lines were reported throughout the county, mostly in the southern part between Smithland and Grand Rivers. Kentucky Highway 453 was restricted to one lane at the intersection of Highway 1889 due to several downed trees and power lines. The county rescue squad and area fire departments assisted with clearing trees from a number of roadways. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newbern | $5,000 | Trees were down, including two that blocked roads. State Routes 70 and 453 were each blocked. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newbern | $4,000 | Several tree tops were broken off south of Highway 453, just a couple miles north of the Tennessee River near the Marshall County border. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Newbern | - | Quarter size hail fell southeast of Smithland. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Landing | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Stanley Landing | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Heater | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Iuka | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Lake City | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Smithland | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Vicksburg | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Moxley Landing | 6.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508697. 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.














