Wadesboro, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Kirksey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42036. It stands on Muck Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle. It stands 463 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Dexter quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Dexter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Murray quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Dexter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Wadesboro between 1998 and 2014, burning about 194 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRUSHY CR |
| 3 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 305 NANNIE NEAL RD. |
| 2 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUCKET |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wadesboro in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Wadesboro | $80,000 | A brief touchdown occurred, with numerous trees snapped or uprooted. There were varying degrees of roof damage to a few buildings. One metal-framed building was crushed. Peak winds were estimated near 70 mph. The average path width was 150 yards. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadesboro | $65,000 | As a thunderstorm drifted northward in Calloway County, a roof was completely blown off of a concrete building on Ingram Lane. A residence on Crestview Ln had substantial tree damage. A pole barn was destroyed west of Dexter. A utility company reported several trees down across central and northern Calloway County with over 1,200 without power. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadesboro | $3,000 | Power lines were down along Oak Grove Road. |
| December 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Wadesboro | $2,000 | A relatively weak tornado touched down 2 miles west of Dexter in northern Calloway County. The tornado uprooted a couple of trees and downed power lines during its brief touchdown. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Wadesboro | - | Flash flooding from the 15th into early on the 16th transitioned to areal flooding along the Clarks River from Almo to the Dexter area. Highway 1346 and other local roads were closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blakely (historical) | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Dexter | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Flint (historical) | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Almo Heights | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Almo | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Independence (historical) | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Kirksey | 5.2 miles | 11 |
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 Wadesboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691481 | 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 509298. 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.
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.





