BlockSouth Shore, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South Shore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41175. It stands on Tygarts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Portsmouth quadrangle. 1,066 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 545 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSouth Shore fell from 1,226 to 1,066 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,226 | |
| 2010 | 1,122 | -104 (-8%) |
| 2020 | 1,066 | -56 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1926 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Portsmouth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Portsmouth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
146 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of South Shore between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,649 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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 burning | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | PORTSMOUTH |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | ROSEMOUNT |
| 14 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHEEP HOLL |
| 6 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of South Shore: 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclops Corp/ New Boston, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Own Crews Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cunningham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Frankfort Mtls. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Portsmouth Works | Clay | Plant | ||
| River Creek Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| South Shore Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
23 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Shore in 23 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 flood, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Flood | South Shore | $3,500,000 | The worst damage was along the Tygarts Creek Valley and the State Route 7 corridor. This included communities such as Warnock, Load, Lynn, and Maloneton. Residents along the feeder creeks, such as Schultz, Beech, and Whiteoak, also suffered flooding. ||Over 100 homes and 10 business were flooded. Over 75 people were evacuated and around 50 residents were in temporary shelters. Numerous bridges and roads had serious damage. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Shore | $750,000 | Trees and large branches fell in scattered locations throughout the county. The county had around 250 computer-aided dispatches, a majority of which were weather related. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | South Shore | $300,000 | Since the heaviest rains fell over the northern portions of the county, most of the stream and street flooding was concentrated near the Ohio River communities. Several roads were closed in Worthington and Greenup. There was a water rescue in Lloyd. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | South Shore | $75,000 | Radar estimated 2 to 3 inches of rain, while the Greenup Lock and Dam measured 1.85 inches of rain. A funeral home was flooded in South Shore. Several businesses had minor water damage. Small streams, such as Schultz Creek, overflowed onto roads. |
| July 2010 | Flood | South Shore | $25,000 | High water lingered on the larger streams and the Little Sandy River, but with little damage. The crest on the lower portion of Tygart Creek was 19.9 feet compared to 24.4 feet back in the May 2010 flood. |
| March 2015 | Flood | South Shore | $20,000 | The Ohio River rose higher along its shore with Greenup County than the crest on the 7th of March. Minor flooding of parks occurred. Back water flooding also was seen up feeder streams. The broad crest was around 54.7 feet at Greenup Lock and Dam during the evening hours of the 14th. Flood stage is 54 feet. |
| June 2008 | Flood | South Shore | $20,000 | Several small streams overflowed and closed roads. No evacuations were reported. Urban flooding in a shopping plaza along Diederich Boulevard in Russell affected several businesses. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Shore | $15,000 | Traffic lights and their poles were blown down in town. |
| March 2013 | Flash Flood | South Shore | $10,000 | Numerous streams overflowed and blocked roads in scattered locations throughout the county. Pond Run flooded the viaduct under the train tracks between Raceland and Worthington. No dwellings were flooded. Sandsuck Creek flooded roads and into yards of residents near Route 207. Chinns Branch flooded southwest of Raceland. |
| April 2011 | Flood | South Shore | $10,000 | Streams flowing into the swollen Ohio River and the lower portion of the Little Sandy River overflowed onto roads. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | South Shore | $5,000 | Significant amounts of high water were observed along Route 7 and throughout the town of South Shores. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Shore | $2,000 | Large branches were blown down. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Shore | $2,000 | A roof to a mobile home was damaged. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Shore | $2,000 | Large branches and a few large trees were blown down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Shore | $1,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Shore | - | Trees were blown down. |
| October 1999 | Hail | South Shore | - | Dime size hail fell along Route 23 around Siloam. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | South Shore | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | South Shore | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | South Shore | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | South Shore | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | South Shore | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | South Shore | - | 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.
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 Shore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1572951 | 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 503976. 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.