Symsonia, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Symsonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42082. It lies near Surrett Hill. The Survey maps it on the Symsonia quadrangle. 622 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 410 feet above sea level.
On record in Symsonia
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 1 record
Pete Lyles Houselisted 2006
Population over time
2 figuresSymsonia grew from 615 to 622 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 615 | |
| 2020 | 622 | +7 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1936 USGS Symsonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Hickory quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Symsonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Symsonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Symsonia between 1998 and 2017, burning about 106 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Symsonia: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Ball 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negro Fairgrounds Prospect | Ball Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
25 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Symsonia in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 4 hail, 3 flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 2 injuries. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Symsonia | 1 killed, $45,000 | A 56-year-old man was killed when a tree fell onto the cab of his truck. The truck struck a fallen tree along Highway 534, and then continued along the road until another tree fell on the truck cab and crushed it. Dozens of trees were uprooted or snapped. This vehicle fatality occurred near the beginning of a microburst damage path. The damage path width was about one mile. Peak winds in this portion of the damage path were estimated near 80 mph. The microburst continued eastward into Marshall County. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Symsonia | 1 killed, $5,000 | A tree fell on a house in Symsonia, trapping a 75-year-old male. He later succumbed to his injuries. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Symsonia | 2 hurt, $60,000 | no account filed |
| February 2018 | Flood | Symsonia | $1,000,000 | A number of roads were flooded and closed in the river bottoms of the Clarks River and its tributaries. Water was over Kentucky Highway 131 at the Graves/McCracken County line. A secondary road was washed out at the intersection of Whitis and Watkins Road northeast of Hickory. Total road damage in Graves County was estimated over one million dollars. |
| April 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Symsonia | $35,000 | There was shingle and soffit damage to several homes. Several trees were snapped, and large branches were blown down. The average damage path width was 150 yards, and the peak winds were about 80 mph. The tornado moved into Marshall County near the community of Oak Level. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Symsonia | $30,000 | A secondary road was washed out just north of Symsonia. A culvert was washed out, leaving a deep channel at least 10 feet deep. |
| March 2018 | Flood | Symsonia | $25,000 | Extensive flooding of the Clarks River continued from late February. A number of roads were flooded and closed in the river bottoms of the Clarks River and its tributaries. Water was over Kentucky Highway 131 at the Graves/McCracken County line. A secondary road was washed out at the intersection of Whitis and Watkins Road northeast of Hickory. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Symsonia | $10,000 | Power lines and trees were down in the Symsonia area. |
| January 2013 | Flash Flood | Symsonia | $10,000 | A car was stranded in floodwaters. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Symsonia | $5,000 | Trees were down. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Symsonia | $5,000 | A wood and metal shed was destroyed. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Symsonia | $5,000 | Trees were down at several locations in the county, including the Symsonia area and the city of Mayfield. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Symsonia | $5,000 | A large tree fell across a road near Symsonia. Motorists suffered minor injuries when their vehicle struck the tree. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Symsonia | $2,000 | Thunderstorm downdraft winds blew down trees near Symsonia. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Symsonia | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Symsonia | - | The public estimated a wind gust to 60 mph. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Symsonia | - | Highway 131 was flooded and closed. The flooding was partially the result of backwater from the Clarks River. |
| December 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Symsonia | - | A funnel cloud was reported by state police along the Marshall and McCracken County line. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Symsonia | - | Kentucky Highway 348 was closed near Symsonia due to flooding of the Clarks River. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Symsonia | - | Several large trees were uprooted. The tornado was witnessed by a firefighter. The damage was along Highway 348. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Symsonia | - | Ping pong ball size hail fell near Symsonia. This storm cell later tracked into Marshall County and became tornadic. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Symsonia | - | A severe thunderstorm tracked near the McCracken/Graves County border, producing nickel to golf ball size hail on both sides of the county line. |
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Symsonia | - | Slow moving thunderstorms dumped as much as 3 inches of rain over extreme northeast Graves County within 3 hours, according to radar estimates. Although other parts of the county received less rain, there was still some road flooding. Highway 96 was covered with a couple inches of water south of Mayfield. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Symsonia | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Symsonia | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaler | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Dogwood | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Clear Springs | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Boaz | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Westplains | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Viola | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Folsomdale | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hicksville | 8.6 miles | 13 |
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 Symsonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7661918 | 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 504895. 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.





