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Wellhope, Kentucky

16 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. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.

Wellhope within Rockcastle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

286 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Wellhope between 1992 and 2019, burning about 8,377 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 64 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 burning135
Arson/incendiarism64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Recreation and ceremony20
Natural2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burning50 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 Wellhope: 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

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellhope in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWellhope-Trees were blown down at Sand Springs.

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
Burr1.9 miles16
Sand Springs2.5 miles16
Mount Vernon2.8 miles16
Pine Hill3.1 miles16
Wabd3.8 miles15
Flat Rock4.0 miles16
Hansford4.2 miles16
Maretburg4.5 miles15

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 Q122558607The 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 516264. 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.