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South Portsmouth, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the South Shore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41174. It lies near Big Kellen Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Friendship quadrangle. It stands 554 feet above sea level.

South Portsmouth within Greenup County

On record in South Portsmouth

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

137 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of South Portsmouth between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,566 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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
Debris and open burning70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism21
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
22 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources9147
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOhio Department of Natural ResourcesPORTSMOUTH
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresOhio Department of Natural ResourcesROSEMOUNT
14 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHEEP HOLL
1 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 July 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHURCH STR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenup County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of South Portsmouth: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cyclops Corp/ New Boston, OhioIronProducer
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Portsmouth WorksClayPlant
South Shore Clay BedClayProspect

Every working recorded in Greenup County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Portsmouth in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Portsmouth$3,000Near the town of South Shore, a tree was blown down onto power lines, causing local power outages.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Portsmouth$500Trees and power lines were blown down in South Portsmouth.
May 2011HailSouth Portsmouth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenup 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
Fullerton1.7 miles15
South Shore2.9 miles15
Sunshine3.6 miles15
Walsh3.9 miles15
Frost4.6 miles15
Maloneton5.8 miles15
Letitia6.1 miles14
Siloam6.3 miles15

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 South PortsmouthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14716812The 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 503970. 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.