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Wabd, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Mount Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40456. It stands on Jones Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maretburg quadrangle. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.

Wabd within Rockcastle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

83 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Wabd between 1997 and 2017, burning about 1,136 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2007Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHIPPER-O-WILL LANE
11 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 July 1999Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 May 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2002Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockcastle County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wabd: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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
Mount Vernon MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mullins MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rockcastle County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wabd in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025HailWabd-A picture on social media shows approximately quarter-sized hail near the Wabd community.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindWabd-A citizen observed multiple trees downed over and along Doc Adams Road southwest of Mt. Vernon.

Every storm recorded in Rockcastle 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
Sand Springs2.0 miles16
Spiro2.1 miles15
Maretburg2.9 miles15
Level Green2.9 miles15
Hansford3.2 miles16
Quail3.6 miles15
Mount Vernon3.8 miles16
Wellhope3.8 miles16

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 WabdAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14691478The 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 509297. 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.