Built in 1884. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
“The Union Monument in Vanceburg in Lewis County, Kentucky, in Vanceburg, Kentucky, commemorates the Union soldiers of the American Civil War.”
Wikipedia article Union Monument in Vanceburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Lewis County · listed in 1997 · category: Object · built in 1884.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Union Monument in Vanceburg between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,731 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 | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | VANCEBURG HILL |
| 6 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1,000 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vanceburg, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanceburg | $15,000 | Roof damage occurred to a home in Vanceburg due to thunderstorm winds. Scattered trees were downed around the county as well as some road closures due to the downed trees. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanceburg | $6,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanceburg | $5,000 | Trees down across State Route 8. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanceburg | $5,000 | Trees downed. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Vanceburg | $5,000 | Roads flooded. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanceburg | $4,000 | Several trees were downed between Garrison and Black Oak. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanceburg | $4,000 | Several trees downed, some across State Route 8. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanceburg | $2,000 | A couple of trees were downed in the Vanceburg area. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanceburg | $2,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Vanceburg | $2,000 | Several roads were flooded along Quicks Run. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanceburg | $2,000 | Large tree limbs were downed. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanceburg | $1,000 | A tree was downed across the eastbound lane of Kentucky Route 8. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanceburg | $1,000 | Two trees were knocked down. |
| December 2007 | Flood | Vanceburg | $1,000 | State Route 8 and Rock Run Road were flooded and impassable. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanceburg | $1,000 | Two trees were downed near the intersection of State Route 10 and Boman Springs Road. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Vanceburg | - | Several inches of water was flowing across portions of State Route 8 between Vanceburg and Garrison. |
| December 2019 | Flood | Vanceburg | - | Kentucky 8 had high water over part of the road. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Vanceburg | - | Water was reported flowing over a road in the Black Oak subdivision. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Vanceburg | - | Nickel to Golf ball size hail fell in the Vanceburg area. |
| September 2004 | Flash Flood | Vanceburg | - | Several roads were flooded and closed. A pickup truck was washed away in floodwaters from Salt Lick Creek. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Vanceburg | - | Quicks Run Road was washed out. |
| January 2002 | Flash Flood | Vanceburg | - | Quicks Run Road was closed by high water. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Vanceburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Vanceburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Vanceburg | - | no account filed |
5 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 843 issues, 6,738 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Vanceburg Courier | 187? to 1??? |
| The Vanceburg Sun | 1889 to 1910 |
| The Sun | 1910 to 1915 |
| The Vanceburg Sun | 1915 to 1917 |
| The Sun | 1917 to 1924 |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97000683 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lewis County | All 5 listed properties in this county. |
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