South Higginsport, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41002. It stands on Little Bracken Creek. The Survey maps it on the Higginsport quadrangle.
On record in South Higginsport
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- George W. Barkley Farmlisted 2003 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1928 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of South Higginsport between 1997 and 2012, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 February 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of South Higginsport: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown County Engineer Lms. Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| White Oak Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cedron Stone | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Maysville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ruggles Stone Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ruggles Stone Company Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
Storms near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Higginsport in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Higginsport | $4,000 | Trees and power lines were knocked down on Dover Rd off of Route 8. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Higginsport | $3,000 | A few trees were downed along State Route 8. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Higginsport | $2,000 | Two trees were knocked down on Route 8. |
| April 2025 | Flood | South Higginsport | - | Several roads were closed due to high water, especially in the Augusta area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Stoney Point | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Chatham | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Gertrude | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Rock Springs | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Wellsburg | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Woolcott | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bladeston | 7.9 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556477 | 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 509095. 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.







