Winifred, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Nippa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41219. It stands on Fairchild Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sitka quadrangle. It stands 840 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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
- 1915 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sitka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Sitka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Sitka quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
119 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Winifred between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,092 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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 | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROSS CREEK |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | M SALYERS ROAD II |
| 20 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PATRICK BR |
| 9 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Winifred: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantrill Branch Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Flat Gap Shale | Clay | Prospect |
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 Winifred | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8025357 | 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 509387. 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.









