Willen, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42602. It lies near Med Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Albany quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Willen within Clinton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1929 USGS Byrdstown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

36 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Willen (historical) between 1999 and 2017, burning about 225 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Debris and open burning	9
Arson/incendiarism	7
Recreation and ceremony	6
Smoking	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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
20 September 2010	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	HAY FIRE
30 April 2007	Recreation and ceremony	12 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
25 April 2009	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
21 April 2007	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
15 April 2010	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 April 2002	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 April 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	80 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Willen (historical): 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Albany Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence	Zinc	Occurrence	Sphalerite
Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence	Zinc	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Clinton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Shipley	0.5 miles	12
Lettered Oak (historical)	1.3 miles	12
Hobart	2.2 miles	15
Lee Chapel (historical)	2.7 miles	12
Dicken (historical)	3.1 miles	12
Wolf River Dock	3.3 miles	12
Browns Crossroads	3.5 miles	12
Five Springs	3.9 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742100. 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.