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Wilbur, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Adams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41124. It stands on Left Fork Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sitka quadrangle.

Wilbur within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

103 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Wilbur between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,866 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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 burning35
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHARLIE HOLLOW
25 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 May 2000Arson/incendiarism75 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 May 2014Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySCHOOL HOUSE BRANCH
3 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

3 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilbur in 3 storm reports in 2025: 2 flood, 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWilbur$1,500Residents in the Wilbur community were without power for a period of time as a result of nearby tree and power line damage.
January 2025FloodWilbur$250Several portions of Brushy Creek Road were underwater and impassable for a period of time.
January 2025FloodWilbur$250Portions of Mattie Road near the town of Charley were impassable due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Cordell1.4 miles15
Davisville2.6 miles17
Tarkiln (historical)2.9 miles17
Noris3.6 miles17
Charley4.2 miles17
Blaine4.2 miles15
Prosperity (historical)4.6 miles15
Ledocio4.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509368. 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.