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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1929 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Olympia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Olympia quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | PICNIC |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 36 |
| 7 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | HURRICANE |
| 7 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | REBEL TRACE |
| 6 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JOHNSON BRANCH |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROTHWELL HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.W. Walker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Prospect | ||
| J.W.Ingram Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Sudith | $5,000 | Evacuations from homes in Sudith. Numerous roads countywide underwater. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sudith | - | A tree was blown down and across the intersection of Highway 36 and Stone Quarry Road. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Sudith | - | Dispatch relayed a report of water flowing over Kentucky Highway 36 near the Bath County line, causing the road to be impassable. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sudith | - | Three trees were downed across the road at Botts Elementary School. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sudith | - | Trees were blown down near the Carrington Green golf course on the Bath county line. |
| February 2011 | Flood | Sudith | - | Slate Creek was out of its banks at numerous locations around northwestern Menifee county near the Montgomery county line. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sudith | - | Several trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonequarry (historical) | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hill Top (historical) | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Salt Lick Creek (historical) | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ratliff | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Dog Trot (historical) | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Frenchburg | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hathaway Creek (historical) | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rothwell | 5.3 miles | 12 |
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 Sudith | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7633871 | 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 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.






