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Sedalia, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sedalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42079. It stands on Leech Creek. The Survey maps it on the Farmington quadrangle. 279 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 502 feet above sea level.

Sedalia within Graves County

Population over time

2 figures

Sedalia fell from 295 to 279 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010295
2020279-16 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Sedalia between 1997 and 2010, burning about 57 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/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOSS DIRT
24 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 February 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 December 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Graves County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sedalia: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Ball 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mayfield Kentucky Ball ClayBall ClayProducerKaolinite, Quartz

Every working recorded in Graves County

Storms near this place

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sedalia in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSedalia$35,000A tree was blown down on top of a house, damaging the roof, into the living area, with one outside wall damaged.
February 2021Flash FloodSedalia$25,000Water was flowing swiftly across Highway 303 near Sedalia. A portion of Wingo Road was completely washed away.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindSedalia$20,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSedalia$15,000Several trees were blown down on KY-97. One fell on a home trapping people around the 3200 block.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindSedalia$15,000A home sustained minor roof damage. A shed was destroyed. A barn roof was blown into a field.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSedalia$10,000A roof was blown off the back porch on KY-303 near KY-339.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSedalia$8,000A tree and utility pole was blown down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSedalia$6,000Multiple tree limbs were blown down. A small tree landed on a house. Shingles were damaged.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSedalia$3,000A few trees were blown down in southeast Graves County near Sedalia and Tri City. Two of the trees were along Kentucky Route 97.
April 2013Tornado (EF0)Sedalia$3,000Several large branches were blown down. The average damage path width was 100 yards and the peak winds were 75 mph.
March 2023Flash FloodSedalia-Several roads were closed in Graves County and the city of Mayfield due to flooding. Photos showed several feet of water over a roadway near Wingo. A few miles west of Sedalia, six inches of water was over Highway 339 at Gilpin Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSedalia-A trained spotter reported wind gusts estimated from 70 to 80 mph, along with unspecified damage.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindSedalia-A wind gust to 69 mph was measured.
July 2016Flash FloodSedalia-A trained spotter reported flash flooding in portions of the community of Sedalia. A trained spotter in the nearby city of Mayfield measured 5 inches of rain in 24 hours.
September 2006Tornado (F0)Sedalia-The weak tornado briefly touched down in an open, rural area. Minor vegetative debris was observed on the ground, including a downed large tree. Peak winds were estimated near 60 MPH.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindSedalia-Large tree limbs were blown down on State Route 381.
February 2008HailSedalia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Graves 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Payne2.9 miles11
South Highland3.4 miles11
Stubblefield4.0 miles11
Cuba4.1 miles9
Vealsburg4.4 miles9
Farmington4.6 miles12
Cooksville4.8 miles9
Tri City5.3 miles9

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 SedaliaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7445104The 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 503151. 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.