Rectorville, 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. 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
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Rectorville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 55 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CABIN CREEK RD |
| 14 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MAXEY FLAT |
| 22 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CRAYCRAFT LANE |
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 Rectorville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabin Creek Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rectorville in 1 storm report in 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Flood | Rectorville | - | Bridgeport Road was closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plumville | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Orangeburg | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Springdale | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Taylors Mill (historical) | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bates (historical) | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Somo | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Gilead | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Marshall | 6.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 501641. 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.







