Greenwood, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Parkers Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42634. It lies near Miller Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Wiborg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Wiborg quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Wiborg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,031 acres in total. None started naturally. 72 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 72 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | TIRE |
| 26 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CEMETERY |
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | OLE HIGHWAY 27 |
| 23 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | POFF |
| 23 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | MCCLAIN |
| 18 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | TUCKER TOWN |
| 10 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ARCH |
| 30 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | SWAIN CIRCLE FIRE |
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 Greenwood: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkers Lake Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenwood in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | $3,000 | Three structures were damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | $1,000 | Trees down on power lines. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | A trained spotter reported several trees snapped and uprooted across McCreary County. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | Trees down. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Greenwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevelsville | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Wiborg | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Bauer | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Funston | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Flat Rock | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Beulah Heights | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Honeybee | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Sawyer | 7.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512450. 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.






