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Ula, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mount Victory census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42501. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dykes quadrangle.

Ula within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Mill Springs National Cemetery, 9044 West Highway 80, Nancy, Pulaski County, KY
Mill Springs National Cemetery, 9044 West Highway 80, Nancy, Pulaski County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

31 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Ula between 1998 and 2017, burning about 673 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning12
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGONE
15 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 May 2007Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 May 2007Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2001Arson/incendiarism60 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski 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 Ula: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Pulaski PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ula in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2025Thunderstorm WindUla-Pulaski County 911 Center reported a tree blocking both lanes near the 1000 block of Pea Ridge Road.

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Bent1.2 miles14
Dykes2.1 miles14
Whetstone2.2 miles14
May2.3 miles14
Drum2.7 miles14
Piney Grove3.0 miles14
Goodwater3.4 miles16
Stab3.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 516093. 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.