Rush, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Cannonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41168. The Survey maps it on the Rush quadrangle.

Rush within Boyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
1953 USGS Rush quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Rush quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

142 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Rush between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,853 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 32 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	42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	38
Arson/incendiarism	32
Recreation and ceremony	26
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Natural	1
Smoking	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
7 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
5 July 1999	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
19 June 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
22 May 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
2 May 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rush: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	Buena Vista Clay Bed	Clay	Prospect
	Princess Mine Big Run	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Boyd County

Storms near this place

22 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rush in 22 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 9 hail, 6 flood, 5 flash flood, 2 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
June 2003	Flash Flood	Rush	$100,000	On the order of 15 homes were evacuated along Rush Creek. The East Fork also flooded. Three pumping stations were damaged by flood waters.
July 2000	Flash Flood	Rush	$100,000	In the muggy air, south of a frontal zone, surface dew points were near 75 degrees. Rains rates estimated at 1.5 to 2 inches in an hour, with 2 to 4 inches in less than 3 hours flooded the small streams. Some of the streams affected include Rush Branch, Long Branch, Clays Jack Fork, and Pigeon Roost. Three homes had moderate damage and 20 homes sustained minor water damage. Water covered some roads to a depth of 2 to 4 feet. Boyd County Judge Scott declared a local state of emergency. One section of a small bridge on Clays Jack Fork was damaged. No injuries occurred.
April 2011	Flood	Rush	$25,000	Streams such as Rush Creek and Williams Creek flooded and blocked roads. A few structures were surrounded by water.
February 2016	Flash Flood	Rush	$15,000	The area around the mouth of Rush Creek into Williams Creek flooded and closed Route 854. The water surrounded a church. This is along the Carter County line. One vehicle stalled in the water.
February 2014	Flood	Rush	$15,000	Small streams such as Rush Creek flooded during the day. The East Fork of the Little Sandy River eventually spilled over onto a few roads and parking lots into the evening hours.
March 2015	Flood	Rush	$10,000	Small streams, mostly in the southern part of the county, flooded roads during the evening hours on the 10th.
December 2015	Flash Flood	Rush	$10,000	Small streams and runs overflowed on and blocked roads in the southern portion of the county.
February 2019	Flood	Rush	$2,000	Multiple roads were closed due to flooding. This included Walker Lane due to high water on the East Fork of Little Sandy River and Route 854 along Rush Creek. Green Springer Road was closed along Williams Creek and a section of Route 5 was closed near Westwood due to flooding on Hood Creek.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Rush	$1,500	Multiple trees were downed along State Route 1.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Rush	$1,000	A small group of trees was blown down along Rush Creek Road near the county line. The road was temporarily blocked.
March 2022	Flood	Rush	$500	High water flowed over the intersection of Kentucky State Highway 1654 and State Route 854 in the community of Rush.
February 2018	Flood	Rush	$500	The intersection of State Routes 1654 and 854 was closed due to flooding along Rush Creek and Williams Creek.
May 2024	Flash Flood	Rush	-	In the town of Rush, high water was observed at the intersection of State Routes 1654 and 854.
May 2017	Hail	Rush	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Rush	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Rush	-	no account filed
September 2012	Hail	Rush	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Rush	-	no account filed
April 2010	Hail	Rush	-	no account filed
April 2010	Hail	Rush	-	no account filed
April 2010	Hail	Rush	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Rush	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boyd County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Coalton	2.5 miles	15
Trace (historical)	3.0 miles	21
Garner	3.7 miles	21
Cloverdale (historical)	3.8 miles	21
Princess	4.1 miles	22
Mavity	4.4 miles	21
Cannonsburg	5.6 miles	22
Sandy Furnace	6.2 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 502475. 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.