Newburg, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Central Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40228. It stands on Fern Creek. The Survey maps it on the Louisville East quadrangle.
On record in Newburg
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Locust Avenuelisted 1983 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1907 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Louisville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Louisville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Louisville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Louisville East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Louisville East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Newburg in 2001, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 October 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Newburg: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Crushed Stone Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newburg in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2013 | Flash Flood | Newburg | $30,000 | Local media reported that several feet of water accumulated in several basements at the Guardian Court Apartments in Okolona. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Newburg | $20,000 | Law enforcement reported evacuations at 6111 Guardian Court due to high water entering the residence. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newburg | - | Trees were downed on Preston Highway near Bennett Lane. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Newburg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Petersburg | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Spring Mill | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hollow Creek | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Smyrna | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Okolona | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Poplar Hills | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Highview | 2.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 499419. 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.









