Segal, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brownsville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42210. It lies near Caney Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Reedyville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1922 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Reedyville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Segal between 2000 and 2018, burning about 555 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SPINKS CEMETERY FIRE |
| 23 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SLEEPY HOLLOW |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 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 Segal: 1 prospect. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gully Clay | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Segal in 8 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Segal | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported a 53 knot wind gust along with power outages. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Segal | $3,000 | A storm survey team found that straight line wind damage occurred with large limbs broken and snapped off. A metal roof of a barn was blown off by the severe thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Segal | - | A tree was blown down and small hail was also observed. |
| February 2021 | Flash Flood | Segal | - | The 6500 block of Highway 655 was closed due to high water in Brownsville. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Segal | - | Kentucky 655 closed at mile marker 2.6 due to high water and flooding. |
| December 2015 | Hail | Segal | - | A trained spotter reported hail 0.88 inch in diameter along with wind gusts estimated to be between 50 and 55 mph. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Segal | - | A 67 mph wind gust was measured in Western Edmonson County. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Segal | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asphalt | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Huff | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Roundhill | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Windyville | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Black Gold | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Big Reedy | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Lindseyville | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Brownsville | 6.3 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 Segal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q85800234 | 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 509027. 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.






