BlockSamaria, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Greenup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41143. It stands on Upper Fall Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oldtown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Oldtown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
104 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Samaria between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,096 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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 | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | AA HAYFIELD |
| 17 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Samaria in 4 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Samaria | $10,000 | In the Crane Creek area, several power lines had fallen due to strong winds. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Samaria | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down along Laurel Road near Oldtown. |
| February 2023 | Flood | Samaria | $500 | Big Lost Creek Road near Shaws Bridge Road was blocked due to flooding. Three Prong Road was underwater for a brief period of time due to Three Prong Branch rising out of its banks. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Samaria | - | The Little Sandy River at Grayson exceeded its flood stage of 21 feet on the morning of April 4th, then continued to rise to a crest around 23.8 feet that night. The river slowly receded and eventually fell back below flood stage the afternoon of the 5th. While the river was out of its banks, buildings next to the gauge, parts of Route 773 and Route 1910, fields and outbuildings along the river were flooded. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509004. 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.