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Wellington, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Frenchburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40387. The Survey maps it on the Scranton quadrangle. It stands 1,194 feet above sea level.

Wellington within Menifee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Wellington between 1994 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
4 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 April 1997Arson/incendiarism12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2011Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWELLINGTON RD
3 April 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 April 2008Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestSHELL FIRE
17 April 2016Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 772 EZEL
15 April 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 April 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Menifee County

Storms near this place

19 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellington in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 2012Thunderstorm WindWellington$100,000The deputy director reported trees and power lines blown down throughout Menifee county. The first reports came in shortly after 7PM from around the Wellington and Big Woods area.
September 2020Flash FloodWellington$35,000A culvert was washed out on Opossum Hollow Road due to high waters. The road will remain closed until repairs can be made.
September 2020Flash FloodWellington$2,000High waters along Buckeye Lane near the Wellington Community made it impassable and led to its closure.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindWellington$2,000A car was damaged by large, falling tree limbs. Trees and power lines were also down in the area.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWellington-Numerous trees were blown down in and around Wellington and throughout the county.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWellington-The highway department reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts had blown a tree down across Byrde Ridge Road.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindWellington-Two trees were blown down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWellington-A large branch was blown down.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindWellington-A tree was blown down and onto Hwy 1569.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWellington-A tree was blown down along U.S. Route 460 near the county line.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWellington-Trees were blown down around the Big Woods and Wellington areas.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindWellington-Power line blown down on Route 1569. Also, one tree blown down 1 mile east of Frenchburg on Highway 1274.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindWellington-Trees were reported down by strong winds.
October 2014HailWellington-no account filed
March 2012HailWellington-no account filed
May 2006HailWellington-no account filed
June 2004HailWellington-no account filed
June 2004HailWellington-no account filed
May 2003HailWellington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Menifee 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
Botts (historical)1.4 miles12
Denniston1.4 miles12
Back (historical)1.5 miles14
Pine Grove (historical)1.5 miles14
Trimble Bend (historical)2.6 miles12
Korea2.6 miles14
Artville2.7 miles14
West Denniston (historical)2.8 miles12

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 WellingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7981303The 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 516267. 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.