Plummers Mill, 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 41049. It stands on Sand Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plummers Landing quadrangle.
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
52 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Plummers Mill between 1998 and 2020, burning about 666 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
| 22 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
| 4 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ISHMAEL RD |
| 9 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GODDARD RD |
| 24 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GODDARD RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plummers Mill in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2015 | Flood | Plummers Mill | $1,000 | Indian Creek Rd, or Hwy 3301, was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plummers Mill | - | Trees were reported blown down and blocking half of Morehead Road in the 15400 block, just north of Plummers Mill. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plummers Mill | - | One tree was blown down on Highway 32. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plummers Landing | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Farmville (historical) | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Muses Mills | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hillsboro | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Goddard | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Grange City | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sunset | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ryan | 6.6 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.
| Wikidata item Q122570591 | 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 514666. 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.



