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Sudith, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Frenchburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40371. It stands on Botts Branch. The Survey maps it on the Olympia quadrangle. It stands 751 feet above sea level.

Sudith within Menifee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Sudith between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,431 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 burning12
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Smoking2

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
28 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestPICNIC
23 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 36
7 April 2017Arson/incendiarism35 acresDaniel Boone National ForestHURRICANE
7 April 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestREBEL TRACE
6 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOHNSON BRANCH
6 April 2010Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROTHWELL HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Menifee 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 Sudith: 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron. 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
A.W. Walker QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProspect
J.W.Ingram DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Menifee County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sudith in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 1998Flash FloodSudith$5,000Evacuations from homes in Sudith. Numerous roads countywide underwater.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSudith-A tree was blown down and across the intersection of Highway 36 and Stone Quarry Road.
June 2019Flash FloodSudith-Dispatch relayed a report of water flowing over Kentucky Highway 36 near the Bath County line, causing the road to be impassable.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindSudith-Three trees were downed across the road at Botts Elementary School.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSudith-Trees were blown down near the Carrington Green golf course on the Bath county line.
February 2011FloodSudith-Slate Creek was out of its banks at numerous locations around northwestern Menifee county near the Montgomery county line.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSudith-Several trees down.

Every storm recorded in Menifee 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
Stonequarry (historical)1.7 miles12
Hill Top (historical)2.3 miles12
Salt Lick Creek (historical)3.2 miles12
Ratliff3.4 miles12
Dog Trot (historical)4.6 miles12
Frenchburg4.7 miles12
Hathaway Creek (historical)5.0 miles12
Rothwell5.3 miles12

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 SudithAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7633871The 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 515774. 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.