Wilstacy, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hardshell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41339. It stands on Press Howard Fork. The Survey maps it on the Quicksand quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Quicksand quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Quicksand quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Quicksand quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
133 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Wilstacy between 1997 and 2020, burning about 8,330 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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 | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilstacy in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilstacy | $5,000 | Trees were blown down in the South Fork area by wind gusts estimated at 62 mph. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilstacy | $100 | Breathitt County Dispatch reported a tree down across KY-1098 near mile marker 12 as strong storms moved through. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilstacy | - | The department of highways reported several trees down along Kentucky Highway 1098 southeast of Jackson. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Wilstacy | - | Flash flooding occurred on Southfork Road, near Dumb Betty Branch. |
| March 1997 | Flood | Wilstacy | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Wells Fork | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Stevenson | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Portsmouth | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Flintville | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Rousseau | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lunah | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Noctor | 4.8 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122547412 | 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 509381. 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.








