South Ripley, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Maysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41034. It stands on Beasley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maysville West quadrangle.
On record in South Ripley
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.
Sroufe Houselisted 2016 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1915 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Maysville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Maysville West quadrangle1:24000, 4 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 Ripley between 1997 and 2003, burning about 3 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 |
| 10 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 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 South Ripley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maysville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Ripley in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025 | Flash Flood | South Ripley | $30,000 | Southern sections of the Lees Creek Road sustained partial washouts and had debris pile up with rushing water. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | South Ripley | $5,000 | Rushing water deposited debris over Marly Ingles Highway, north of Ripley Road and south of Tuckahoe Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Ripley | $5,000 | Several trees fell onto State Route 8, closing the road. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | South Ripley | $2,000 | Water was flowing rapidly over roadways due to heavy rainfall. |
| October 2014 | Hail | South Ripley | - | Hail reported near the intersection of Tuckahoe Road and Minerva Tuckahoe Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Minerva | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Moranburg | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fernleaf | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Country Club Heights | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Simon Kenton Acres (historical) | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Shawnee Hill (historical) | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Dexter (historical) | 8.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509098. 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.







