BlockWheatley, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the New Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41098. The Survey maps it on the New Liberty quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS New Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Wheatley between 2004 and 2013, burning about 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BETHEL FIRE |
| 11 October 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheatley in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatley | 2 hurt, $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Flood | Wheatley | $5,000 | Numerous roads flooded and closed throughout the county. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatley | $5,000 | Numerous trees knocked down. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatley | $3,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatley | $3,000 | Trees were reported down in the Wheatley and New Liberty areas due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatley | $3,000 | A few trees were knocked down on State Route 227. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatley | $2,000 | Several trees were knocked down into the yard. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheatley | $2,000 | A few trees were downed along State Route 227. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Wheatley | - | Kentucky Route 36 was covered with high water near the town of Sanders. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Wheatley | - | Several roads remained closed around Eagle Valley Campground due to high water caused by earlier heavy rainfall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Liberty | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Moxley | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Cull | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Perry Park | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Squiresville | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bromley | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Poplar Grove | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Long Ridge | 8.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 506518. 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.