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.
Population over time
2 figuresSedalia 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 295 | |
| 2020 | 279 | -16 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1936 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Mayfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1997Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOSS DIRT |
| 24 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 February 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 December 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield Kentucky Ball Clay | Ball Clay | Producer | Kaolinite, Quartz |
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedalia | $35,000 | A tree was blown down on top of a house, damaging the roof, into the living area, with one outside wall damaged. |
| February 2021 | Flash Flood | Sedalia | $25,000 | Water was flowing swiftly across Highway 303 near Sedalia. A portion of Wingo Road was completely washed away. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedalia | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedalia | $15,000 | Several trees were blown down on KY-97. One fell on a home trapping people around the 3200 block. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedalia | $15,000 | A home sustained minor roof damage. A shed was destroyed. A barn roof was blown into a field. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedalia | $10,000 | A roof was blown off the back porch on KY-303 near KY-339. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedalia | $8,000 | A tree and utility pole was blown down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedalia | $6,000 | Multiple tree limbs were blown down. A small tree landed on a house. Shingles were damaged. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedalia | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down in southeast Graves County near Sedalia and Tri City. Two of the trees were along Kentucky Route 97. |
| April 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Sedalia | $3,000 | Several large branches were blown down. The average damage path width was 100 yards and the peak winds were 75 mph. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Sedalia | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedalia | - | A trained spotter reported wind gusts estimated from 70 to 80 mph, along with unspecified damage. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedalia | - | A wind gust to 69 mph was measured. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Sedalia | - | 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 2006 | Tornado (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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedalia | - | Large tree limbs were blown down on State Route 381. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Sedalia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payne | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| South Highland | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Stubblefield | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Cuba | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Vealsburg | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Farmington | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cooksville | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Tri City | 5.3 miles | 9 |
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 Sedalia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7445104 | 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 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.





