Staffordsville, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Paintsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41256. It stands on Stave Branch. The Survey maps it on the Paintsville quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
On record in Staffordsville
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.
- Daniel Davis Houselisted 1974 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
232 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Staffordsville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,852 acres in total. None started naturally. 42 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 | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE MUD LICK RT. 201 |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARBER BRANCH III |
| 20 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARBER BRANCH II |
| 19 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARBER BRANCH |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WARD BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Staffordsville: 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stffordsville Sandstone Roadcut | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Volga Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Whippoorwill Branch Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
18 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Staffordsville in 18 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staffordsville | $10,000 | The wind was measured at 68 mph using a home weather station. Several trees were blown down. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staffordsville | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Staffordsville. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staffordsville | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Staffordsville | $1,000 | Flood waters were surrounding homes on Shady Lane along U.S. Hwy 23. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Staffordsville | - | Quarter sized hail was measured and reported in Staffordsville between 2:20 and 2:25 pm via Social Media. The hail ended by 2:30pm. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Staffordsville | - | Water was covering the U.S. Highway 23 ramp to KY Highway 40, making it impassable. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staffordsville | - | County dispatch reported trees down from Staffordsville to Van Lear as a line of thunderstorms moved through. |
| December 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staffordsville | - | Dispatch reported that the KFC and City National Bank signs were destroyed in Paintsville. Several trees were also blown down in and near town. |
| October 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Staffordsville | - | A funnel cloud was spotted in Staffordsville. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staffordsville | - | A tree was blown down on Brooks Conley Drive off US 23 near Staffordsville. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Staffordsville | - | The road was closed due to a mudslide that had occurred on KY 40 in Staffordsville between Little Mud Creek and Cross Creek. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Staffordsville | - | The hail was the size of quarters. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staffordsville | - | Trees were blown down on Little Mud Lick Rd. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staffordsville | - | Two trees were blown down on Little Mud Lick Falls Rd and Mckenzie Branch Rd. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staffordsville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Staffordsville | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Staffordsville | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Staffordsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnetts Creek | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Paintsville | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Thealka | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Wittensville | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Volga | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Collista | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Sitka | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Denver | 3.8 miles | 17 |
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 Staffordsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7596724 | 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 504227. 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.










