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Wilton, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Corbin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40701. It stands on Stewarts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Corbin quadrangle.

Wilton within Knox County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

115 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Wilton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,539 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2007Recreation and ceremony20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 1999Recreation and ceremony112 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 August 2007Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySAWDUST PI
12 June 2007Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2002Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Knox County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wilton: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. 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
No. 1 MillClayPlant
No. 1 MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Knox County

Storms near this place

8 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilton in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2024Thunderstorm WindWilton$7,700A picture on social media showed a power pole snapped beside a home near the intersection of Hollen Dale Drive and KY-6.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindWilton-Social media report (w/ pictures) of snapped tree trunks and scattered downed branches along Eaton Fork Road in Knox County.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindWilton-Scattered tree damage along Mosley Branch Rd in Knox County.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindWilton-A social media picture showed a large uprooted tree along KY-6 across from Wilton Lake.
August 2018Flash FloodWilton-Dowis Chapel Road southeast of Woodbine was reported by dispatch to have had deep enough flowing water over it to close the road for a period of time this afternoon.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWilton-Trees were blown down on Hwy 3436.
July 2008Flash FloodWilton-A foot of water was seen flowing over Highways 6 and 1064 near Woodbine in Knox county.
June 2004HailWilton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Knox 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
Candle Ridge2.6 miles17
Siler3.5 miles17
Moore Hill3.6 miles17
Rossland4.0 miles18
Gray4.2 miles17
Arkle4.2 miles18
Dishman Springs4.7 miles17
Emanuel6.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 516413. 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.