BlockWaitman, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lewisport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42351. The Survey maps it on the Lewisport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1903 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Lewisport quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Lewisport quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Lewisport quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Waitman between 2006 and 2010, burning about 106 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 98 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Waitman: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapco Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| American Olean Tile Tract No. 1 | Clay | Producer | ||
| Can-Tex Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lewisport Shale Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Owensboro Brick Plant | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waitman in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waitman | $100,000 | Numerous trees were downed and several barns and other industrial buildings were damaged in a 1 1/2 mile wide swath that stretched for about 6 miles just west-southwest of Lockport. Evidence of both cyclonic and anti-cyclonic rotation of downed trees and debris was observed by the NWS damage surveyor at the eastern end of the area, where the greatest damage occurred, including the destruction of a large, well-built metal barn and another, smaller industrial outbuilding. Interior damage of walls occurred to living quarters attached to the metal barn. Farther west, a wooden barn was pushed eastward 3 feet off its foundation. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waitman | - | There was a tree down on US 60. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisport | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Tywhapity Bottoms (historical) | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Adair | 7.2 miles | 22 | |
| Petri | 7.9 miles | 22 | |
| Chambers | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hawesville | 10.4 miles | 22 | |
| Floral | 11.2 miles | 17 | |
| Goering | 12.5 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122545223 | The 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 509300. 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.