Waynesburg, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Waynesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40489. It stands on Sims Branch. The Survey maps it on the Eubank quadrangle. It stands 1,217 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Eubank quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Eubank quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Waynesburg between 1998 and 2016, burning about 590 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 May 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MCQUEEN |
| 16 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TROY ADAMS |
| 13 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 46 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COUNTY LINE |
| 12 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waynesburg in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | $500,000 | A 20 x 40 shed was destroyed and the roofs of two homes were blown off. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | $200,000 | Roofs were blown off houses. Barns were destroyed. Vehicles were damaged by flying debris. A 45 inch diameter tree was pulled out of the ground. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Waynesburg | $100,000 | The tornado began in Pulaski County in the Jackson, KY County Warning Area giving a total path length of 6.9 miles. Damage to homes, barns, mobile homes and trees were observed. A rating of EF1 was assigned by NWS Louisville survey teams with wind speeds of 100 to 110 mph and a 100 yard wide path width. Near the end of the tornado's lifespan multiple vorticies were witnessed just before dissipation. This was when the tornado did its greatest damage, moving a conventional home more than ten feet off it's foundation and destroying an unoccupied mobile home. |
| March 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | $20,000 | Local media reported a roof was blown off a barn. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | $20,000 | Quite a few trees and power lines were downed across Lincoln County. In Waynesburg, a tree fell through the roof of a mobile home. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | $20,000 | The roof was blown off a home. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | $15,000 | Local law enforcement reported a tree down on a car on 220 Ike Singleton Road and several trees down in the Waynesburg area. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Waynesburg | $10,000 | The public reported flooding in Waynesburg with water entering buildings. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | $3,000 | Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds, damaging a couple of vehicles. |
| January 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | $2,000 | Trees fell on a power line on Highway 328 East. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | - | A tree was blown down near the 700 block of Clear Fork Road. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | - | There were multiple trees that fell down on Greenbriar Road. |
| November 2019 | Flash Flood | Waynesburg | - | Peyton Wells Road and North Fishing Creek Road were closed due to flooding. Several other roads were also flooded. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | - | The Lincoln County emergency manager reported several trees blocking the road due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Waynesburg | - | Emergency manager reported that KY 3264 at MP 2 was closed due to high water. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain fell across the area. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | - | Local law enforcement reported a large tree down, blocking Clear Fork Road. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | - | Trees were blown down in Waynesburg near Hwy. 27 S. The time is estimated based on radar. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waynesburg | - | A few small trees were downed. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Waynesburg | - | Dime size hail reported by DES. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Waynesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Waynesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Waynesburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pond (historical) | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Walnut Grove (historical) | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Greenbriar (historical) | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Kings Mountain | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Diamond (historical) | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Tunnel City (historical) | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Point (historical) | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| White Oak (historical) | 4.1 miles | 7 |
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 Waynesburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7976814 | 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 506311. 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.




