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Sturgis, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sturgis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42459. The Survey maps it on the Sturgis quadrangle. 1,735 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 371 feet above sea level.

Sturgis within Union County

Population over time

2 figures

Sturgis fell from 1,898 to 1,735 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,898
20201,735-163 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Sturgis between 2000 and 2019, burning about 99 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
3 May 2015Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDEKOVEN ROAD
4 March 2010Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 2014Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRT.365
23 March 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMANSION FIRE
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 February 2017Arson/incendiarism17 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 1508
4 October 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCASEYVILLE CEMENTERY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sturgis: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Caseyville-Dekoven Road OutcropSilicaProspect
Union Sand Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sturgis in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSturgis$100,000State police reported numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Siding was stripped from downtown businesses. Winds knocked over a wall and damaged bleachers at Sturgis Elementary School. An estimated 10 to 15 homes were damaged by felled trees, and other trees were down over roads. Roofs were ripped off storage buildings at a lumberyard, and some roofing material was blown three blocks down U.S. Highway 60. Sturgis was still cleaning up from wind damage that occurred during a thunderstorm on June 12.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSturgis$40,000At the Union County Fairgrounds, one barn was damaged and debris damaged two campers. Most of the other damage was to trees in the Sturgis area. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSturgis$30,000Numerous trees were blown down, and a structure partially collapsed in downtown Sturgis. There were power outages.
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Sturgis$20,000The tornado moved along Highway 109 from the east edge of Sturgis to just south of the Sturgis Municipal Airport. Damage was mainly to trees, including several that were snapped or uprooted. A couple of homes sustained soffit and shingle damage. Two outbuildings were destroyed. One of them was thrown about 75 yards into a group of trees. Peak winds were estimated between 105 and 110 mph.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindSturgis$10,000The roof was blown off the back side of a house. Other damage was reported in the surrounding area.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSturgis$8,000Power lines and trees were blown down on a street.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindSturgis$5,000An old dilapidated building partially collapsed onto Highway 365 in Sturgis. The road was blocked. Peak winds were estimated near 50 mph by an emergency management official.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSturgis$5,000Several trees were blown down across Highway 109.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindSturgis$2,000A metal utility building was destroyed in Sturgis. Trees were down in Morganfield.
May 1995HailSturgis$1,000Several trees and large limbs were blown down in Uniontown.
March 2019FloodSturgis-Moderate flooding subsided along the Ohio River after cresting in February. About eight state roads were closed, including Highways 667, 668, 1452, 1637, 871, and 1508. Large areas of agricultural land were flooded, but it was mostly dormant outside of planting season.
February 2019FloodSturgis-Moderate flooding occurred along the Ohio River. At the river gage at J.T. Myers Dam near Uniontown, the river crested at 49.56 feet around the 20th. This was well above the 37-foot flood stage. About eight state roads were closed, including Highways 667, 668, 1452, 1637, 871, and 1508. Large areas of agricultural land were flooded, but it was mostly dormant outside of planting season.
July 2016FloodSturgis-Water was over several roads in the Sturgis area, including U.S. Highway 60 west.
June 2015Heavy RainSturgis-Water covered several roads.
April 2011Flash FloodSturgis-Two feet of water was running across U.S. Highway 60 in town.
July 2001Flash FloodSturgis-Slow-moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall, with radar estimates around 3 inches in 4 hours just east of Sturgis. Serious street flooding was reported in Sturgis, with water getting into some residences. Highway 270 was flooded just east of Sturgis.
October 2000HailSturgis-Quarter to golf-ball size hail was reported in Sullivan and Sturgis.
January 2023HailSturgis-no account filed
June 2023HailSturgis-no account filed
June 2023HailSturgis-no account filed
March 2019HailSturgis-no account filed
March 2012HailSturgis-no account filed
October 2010HailSturgis-no account filed
March 2006HailSturgis-no account filed
August 2001HailSturgis-no account filed
May 1999HailSturgis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Grangertown1.2 miles24
Kern Orchard2.2 miles14
Hazel2.4 miles14
Sullivan4.0 miles13
Arnold4.2 miles14
Eberly (historical)4.2 miles14
Caseyville4.3 miles24
Mulfordtown4.7 miles24

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 SturgisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2867669The 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 504617. 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.