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Wildie, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40456. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wildie quadrangle. It stands 945 feet above sea level.

Wildie within Rockcastle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Wildie between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,993 acres in total. None started naturally. 53 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 burning59
Arson/incendiarism53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
23 September 2008Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2008Arson/incendiarism12 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGREEN POND
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 July 1999Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockcastle County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wildie: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rockcastle-Garrard Shale ExposureClayProspect

Every working recorded in Rockcastle County

Storms near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wildie in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2019: 1 flash flood, 1 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
February 2019FloodWildie-A citizen observed water over a road near Wildie, resulting in the closure of the road.
January 2006Flash FloodWildie-PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 1786 IMPASSABLE AND BRUSH CREEK ROAD OFF OF HIGHWAY 1912 IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.

Every storm recorded in Rockcastle 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
Roundstone1.2 miles13
Hummel2.1 miles13
Renfro Valley2.9 miles13
Orlando3.9 miles16
Conway4.1 miles13
Flat Rock4.6 miles16
Disputanta5.1 miles13
Climax5.2 miles15

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 WildieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14691520The 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 516373. 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.