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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.

Staffordsville within Johnson County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

232 since 1997

Regional 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 burning80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Recreation and ceremony48
Arson/incendiarism42
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
25 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLITTLE MUD LICK RT. 201
25 September 2008Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBARBER BRANCH III
20 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBARBER BRANCH II
19 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBARBER BRANCH
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWARD BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stffordsville Sandstone RoadcutSilicaProspect
Volga ShaleClayProspect
Whippoorwill Branch ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

18 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindStaffordsville$10,000The wind was measured at 68 mph using a home weather station. Several trees were blown down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindStaffordsville$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Staffordsville.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindStaffordsville$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2015Flash FloodStaffordsville$1,000Flood waters were surrounding homes on Shady Lane along U.S. Hwy 23.
August 2023HailStaffordsville-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 2021FloodStaffordsville-Water was covering the U.S. Highway 23 ramp to KY Highway 40, making it impassable.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindStaffordsville-County dispatch reported trees down from Staffordsville to Van Lear as a line of thunderstorms moved through.
December 2016Thunderstorm WindStaffordsville-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 2014Funnel CloudStaffordsville-A funnel cloud was spotted in Staffordsville.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindStaffordsville-A tree was blown down on Brooks Conley Drive off US 23 near Staffordsville.
June 2014Heavy RainStaffordsville-The road was closed due to a mudslide that had occurred on KY 40 in Staffordsville between Little Mud Creek and Cross Creek.
June 2012HailStaffordsville-The hail was the size of quarters.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindStaffordsville-Trees were blown down on Little Mud Lick Rd.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindStaffordsville-Two trees were blown down on Little Mud Lick Falls Rd and Mckenzie Branch Rd.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindStaffordsville-no account filed
May 2004HailStaffordsville-no account filed
March 2003HailStaffordsville-no account filed
April 2001HailStaffordsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Barnetts Creek2.0 miles17
Paintsville2.1 miles17
Thealka2.9 miles17
Wittensville3.2 miles17
Volga3.3 miles17
Collista3.4 miles17
Sitka3.5 miles17
Denver3.8 miles17

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 StaffordsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7596724The 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.