Wellsburg, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41043. It stands on Locust Creek. The Survey maps it on the Felicity quadrangle. It stands 502 feet above sea level.
On record in Wellsburg
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Rock Spring Warehouselisted 1987
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1931 USGS Felicity quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Felicity quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Felicity quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wellsburg in 2004, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wellsburg: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedron Stone | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Howerton Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellsburg in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsburg | $5,000 | Several trees were downed along Mary Ingles Highway W between Foster and Augusta. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsburg | $4,000 | Several trees were knocked down along Walcott-Johnsville Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsburg | $3,000 | Several trees were downed near Kentucky Route 8 due to thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bradford | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Woolcott | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Johnsville | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Gertrude | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bladeston | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cumminsville | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Willow Grove | 3.8 miles | 13 |
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 Wellsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691504 | 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 509338. 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.





