Weeksbury, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Wheelwright-Weeksbury census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41667. It stands on Caleb Fork. The Survey maps it on the Wheelwright quadrangle. It stands 1,178 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Vergie quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Wheelwright quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Wheelwright quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
246 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Weeksbury between 1997 and 2020, burning about 20,200 acres in total. None started naturally. 46 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 | 105 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 37 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONG FORK VEIRGE |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 396 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1,500 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RILEYS BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weeksbury in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weeksbury | $1,000 | A power line was reported to be hanging across Caleb Fork Road, in the community of Weeksbury, due to a downed tree. The exact location along Caleb Fork Road was not given. |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weeksbury | - | Trees were blown down onto Caleb Fork Road. Trees were also suspended on telephone lines. |
| July 2002 | Lightning | Weeksbury | - | Water was across roads along Caleb Road and Skull Fork Road. High water was reported to be in people's yards. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Wheelwright | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Wheelwright Junction | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Halo | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Burton | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Ligon | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Jacks Creek | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Buckingham | 3.9 miles | 19 |
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 Weeksbury | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7979543 | 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 509333. 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.
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.








