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Wasioto, Kentucky

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Pineville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40977. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middlesboro North quadrangle. It stands 1,076 feet above sea level.

Wasioto within Bell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 25 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

218 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Wasioto between 1997 and 2020, burning about 9,044 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 51 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 burning81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Arson/incendiarism51
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2017Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryUS HWY 25E
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell 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 Wasioto: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hana Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Levi Polly Sand PitSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bell County

Storms near this place

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wasioto in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWasioto$1,000A tree was blown down on Hardbell Station Rd near the Wasioto golf course.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWasioto-County dispatch reported multiple trees blown down around the county including up KY-516 and KY-190.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWasioto-A tree was reporeted blown down at 110 East Park Avenue in Pineville.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWasioto-Dispatch relayed a report of a tree blown down just southeast of Pineville along U.S. Highway 25E.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWasioto-A trained spotter reported a tree blown down on Bird Branch Road east of Pineville.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindWasioto-A tree was blown down and onto the top of a trailer at the Browning Trailer park loop on Hwy 119.
July 2013HailWasioto-The hail was so intense that local visibility was greatly reduced. The hail lasted for at least 5 minutes.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindWasioto-Several trees were blown down on Hwy 119 between mile markers 0 and 5.
April 2012HailWasioto-The hail fell at Bird Branch.
October 2006HailWasioto-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bell 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
Pineville1.0 miles18
East Pineville1.3 miles25
Harbell1.4 miles25
Wallsend1.7 miles18
Dorton Branch1.8 miles18
Straight Creek2.1 miles18
Clear Creek Springs2.5 miles25
Keenox3.0 miles18

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 WasiotoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7972667The 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 509320. 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.