BlockWheel Rim, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Cannel City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41332. It stands on Elam Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lee City quadrangle. It stands 942 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Lee City quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
167 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Wheel Rim between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,631 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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 | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAMP BRANCH |
| 11 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheel Rim in 1 storm report in 2024: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheel Rim | - | Morgan county dispatch reported a tree blown down on KY-134, approximately 2 miles from the intersection with KY-191 at Adele. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelrim Fork (historical) | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Road Fork (historical) | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Adele | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cannel City | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Caney | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Payton | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Sellars | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Holliday | 6.3 miles | 12 |
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 Wheel Rim | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7992002 | 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 509349. 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.