Rumsey, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Calhoun census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42371. It stands on Myer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calhoun quadrangle. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
On record in Rumsey
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.
Griffith-Franklin Houselisted 1975 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1908 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Rumsey between 2000 and 2019, burning about 36 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KNOBS #1 |
| 13 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 November 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LAWN MOWER |
| 5 October 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BED FIRE |
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 Rumsey: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H M Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rumsey in 6 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 5 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Flood | Rumsey | $30,000 | Moderate flooding occurred along the Green River. The river crested at 29.69 feet on the Calhoun river gage. This was well above flood stage of 23 feet. This was the highest crest since March 1, 2018, when the river crested at 31.67 feet. Portions of Calhoun and Rumsey were flooded, but few if any residences were evacuated. Thousands of acres were flooded in the Island, Rumsey, and Jewel City areas, but the cropland was mostly dormant. Floodwaters approached Kentucky Highway 81 near the Green River bridge. Some county roads were closed. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rumsey | $1,000 | A tree was uprooted. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Rumsey | - | Minor flooding of low-lying agricultural lands occurred. Flooding continued into the start of June. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Rumsey | - | Minor flooding lingered into early June, with continued flooding of some low-lying agricultural areas on the Green River near Calhoun. |
| May 2021 | Flood | Rumsey | - | Minor flooding occurred on the Green River following the heavy rain on the 4th. Some low-lying woods and fields near the river were flooded. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Rumsey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Mayo Hills (historical) | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Shutts (historical) | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Brooks (historical) | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Semiway | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Poverty | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Buel | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Underwood | 4.7 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Rumsey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7379404 | 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 502467. 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.






