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Stephensport, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Cloverport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40170. It stands on Sinking Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rome quadrangle. It stands 430 feet above sea level.

Stephensport within Breckinridge County

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

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Stephensport between 1999 and 2014, burning about 196 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 burning6
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2004Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresHoosier National ForestBAILER FIRE
7 May 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestCOMMER
1 April 2014Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryADKINS LANE
6 March 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution2.1 acresHoosier National ForestROME
18 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 March 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresHoosier National ForestTOBINSPORT
11 March 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresHoosier National ForestPIRTLE
1 March 2014Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySILAS MILLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Breckinridge County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stephensport: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Roadcut ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Breckinridge County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stephensport in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 8 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2003Thunderstorm WindStephensport$10,000Unspecified structural damage was reported.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindStephensport-A large tree fell on a house in Stephensport.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindStephensport-There were reports of multiple trees down along with power outages near Stephensport.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindStephensport-Trees were down around Stephensburg.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindStephensport-Trees were reported down in the area.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindStephensport-A spotter reported power lines and trees down on Kentucky 144 just outside of Stephensport.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindStephensport-Thunderstorm winds uprooted large trees on Highway 144 out of Stephensport, blocking the road.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindStephensport-Power poles down

Every storm recorded in Breckinridge 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
Addison2.0 miles14
Sample2.5 miles17
Holt2.9 miles14
Ammons3.2 miles17
Union Star4.4 miles17
Mystic4.6 miles17
Manning Crossing6.2 miles17
Lodiburg6.6 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 StephensportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7611001The 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 515690. 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.