Wallins Creek, Kentucky
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Wallins Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40873. It stands on Wallins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wallins Creek quadrangle. 212 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,135 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresWallins Creek fell from 257 to 212 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 257 | |
| 2010 | 156 | -101 (-39%) |
| 2020 | 212 | +56 (+36%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1887 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1903 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Wallins Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Wallins Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
145 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Wallins Creek between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,920 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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 burning | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COLD IRON |
| 23 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wallins Creek: 3 prospects. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Spur Roadcut | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Kentenia Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Wallins Creek South Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallins Creek in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2012: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 | Wallins Creek | $20,000 | Numerous trees were blown down on Wallins Creek. Winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallins Creek | $8,000 | Numerous wrist size tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Wallins Creek | $8,000 | Several tree limbs the size of a persons wrist were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Wallins Creek | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallins Creek | $3,000 | One tree was blown down onto power lines in Wallins Creek. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Wallins Creek | $3,000 | Quarter size hail lasted for 20 minutes and covered the ground. Also trees were blown down in front yard. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Wallins Creek | - | The hail was the size of walnuts. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Wallins Creek | - | A trained spotter reported 2 to 3 inches of water over a roadway in Wallins Creek. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Wallins Creek | - | Five feet of water was reported on Back Street near the post office at Wallins Creek. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Wallins Creek | - | A volunteer storm spotter reported 2 inches of rain in about 40 minutes. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallins Creek | - | Trees down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallins Creek | - | Severe thunderstorm winds blew numerous trees down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallins Creek | - | Trees downed. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Wallins Creek | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Wallins Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Wallins Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Wallins Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Wallins Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longton | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| South Wallins | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Tremont | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Coldiron | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Wilhoit | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Fresh Meadows | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Layman | 2.5 miles | 24 | |
| Kentenia | 2.6 miles | 24 |
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 Wallins Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2469104 | 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 506153. 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.











