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Stillwater, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hazel Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41301. It stands on Trace Fork. The Survey maps it on the Hazel Green quadrangle.

Stillwater within Wolfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

111 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Stillwater between 1997 and 2020, burning about 565 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Recreation and ceremony19
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBUFFALO TRAIL
2 September 1999Recreation and ceremony45 acresDaniel Boone National ForestHORSEFLY
14 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBAPTIST ROAD
2 July 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTRENT HILL-HWY 191
22 June 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wolfe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stillwater: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stillwater Sandstone ExposureSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Wolfe County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stillwater in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindStillwater$1,000A tree was blown down at the junction of Hiram Branch Road and Highway 746.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindStillwater$1,000A tree was blown onto a road in Stillwater.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindStillwater$1,000A tree was blown across a road near Laurel Hill.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindStillwater-A member of the public reported a tree had been downed along KY-191 just outside of Campton.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindStillwater-A social media report showed 4 trees down and blocking the road near mile marker 48 on the Mountain Parkway.
August 2021FloodStillwater-A social media post showed Baptist Church road flooded where it passes under the Mountain Parkway near the town of Campton.
May 2009HailStillwater-A lot of nickel sized hail with some larger stones up to the size of quarters fell near Calaboose.

Every storm recorded in Wolfe County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Trent1.6 miles14
Baptist1.7 miles13
Landsaw2.7 miles13
Rosedale (historical)2.9 miles13
Nelson (historical)3.0 miles12
Chamber Fork (historical)3.2 miles13
Campton3.7 miles12
Toliver4.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509132. 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.