Williamsport, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Paintsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41271. It stands on Left Fork Twomile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Offutt quadrangle. It stands 656 feet above sea level.
On record in Williamsport
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Meade Memorial Gymnasiumlisted 1989- Ben Mollett Cabinlisted 1989
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Inez quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Inez quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Offutt quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Offutt quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
243 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Williamsport between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,067 acres in total. None started naturally. 52 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 | 87 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 34 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TOMAHAWK |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARBER BRANCH III |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Williamsport: 2 prospects. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greasy Creek Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Whippoorwill Branch Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williamsport in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsport | $2,000 | Two trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Williamsport | $1,000 | Flash flooding occurred as a creek overflowed its banks onto a road in Williamsport. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Williamsport | $1,000 | A section of a road in Williamsport, from the bottom of 2 Mile Hill to the Meade Elementary School, was covered by flood water that was flowing across the road. |
| June 2000 | Flood | Williamsport | $1,000 | Heavy rains caused creeks to run high and a culvert was washed out and water ran over the road. |
| March 2021 | Debris Flow | Williamsport | - | A mudslide is blocking one lane of KY-40 in the community of Williamsport. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsport | - | Trees were blown down on KY Hwy 40. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Williamsport | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Williamsport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8021257 | 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 506836. 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.








