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Winslow, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ashland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41102. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.

Winslow within Boyd County

On record in Winslow

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

106 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Winslow between 1997 and 2020, burning about 783 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
24 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryELIZABETH COURT
12 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryREBEL ROAD
13 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOLLINS ROAD
9 April 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryDANIELS FORK
9 April 2013Debris and open burning2.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRT 503 #2
9 April 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Winslow: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Armco Steel/ Ashland, Ky.IronUnknown
Clinton Shale MineClayPast Producer
Ironton Plant Number 85ClayPast Producer
Jerrys Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jerrys Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boyd County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winslow in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2024Thunderstorm WindWinslow$25,000A long swath of uprooted and snapped trees were observed along Southern Hills Drive. Several homes suffered damage from the fallen trees.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindWinslow$15,000Trees and power lines were blown down on Lowman Drive and Leighwood Drive.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindWinslow$8,000A section of a roof to a home on Beech Street in Ashland was damaged.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindWinslow$1,500In Winslow, a tree fell onto power lines along Robin Lynn Drive.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWinslow$500A tree was blown down near Hurricane Road.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindWinslow$500A tree was blown down onto Woodland Avenue.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWinslow$100Large tree limbs that fell along Boy Scout Road blocked one lane of traffic.

Every storm recorded in Boyd 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
Ironville0.6 miles22
West Fairview0.9 miles22
Summit1.5 miles22
Fairview1.8 miles22
Westwood2.1 miles22
Rockdale2.5 miles22
Millseat2.6 miles22
Geigers Crossing (historical)2.9 miles22

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 WinslowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8025935The 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 506954. 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.