Plumville, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Maysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41056. It lies near Sycamore Hill. The Survey maps it on the Orangeburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Springdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Orangeburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Plumville between 1997 and 2016, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CABIN CREEK |
| 30 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MAXEY FLAT |
| 15 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CABIN CREEK |
| 3 November 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Plumville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabin Creek Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Buckeye Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Maysville Dredging, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plumville in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Plumville | $5,000 | High water closed several roads throughout the county. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plumville | $4,000 | ,,,,,,,,Hail (0.75) Several trees downed, some knocking down power lines. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Plumville | - | Day Pike was closed due to flooding over the roadway. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Plumville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springdale | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rectorville | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Orangeburg | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bates (historical) | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Taylors Mill (historical) | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Somo | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Maysville | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lewisburg | 6.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 500980. 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.







