Willailla, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Mount Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40409. It stands on Dorman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maretburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Maretburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Maretburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Willailla between 1998 and 2011, burning about 355 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willailla in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willailla | $10,000 | A tree was blow down onto a home in the 6300 block of Willailla Road in Brodhead, KY. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willailla | $5,000 | A citizen observed damage on Straight Lane Road southwest of Brodhead. This includes a trampoline blown up into power lines, several trees downed, and a driver blown into a fence subsequently damaging their truck. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willailla | $1,000 | A tree was blown down in Willailla. |
| January 2022 | Heavy Rain | Willailla | - | A CoCoRaHS observer 7 miles SSW of Brodhead measured 4.52 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period ending at 7am on January 2, 2022. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willailla | - | A tree was blown down along Old Bandy Road. |
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | Willailla | - | Site KY-RC-2 (Broadhead 7.3 SSW) measured 2.87 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Willailla | - | Quarter size hail was reported. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willailla | - | Several trees were blown down in a swath about two tenths of a mile wide, just across the Pulaski County line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Level Green | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Wabd | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ottawa | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Spiro | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Maretburg | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hansford | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sand Springs | 5.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509372. 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.






