Wittensville, Kentucky
17 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 41274. It stands on Williams Fork. The Survey maps it on the Paintsville quadrangle. It stands 692 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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 Paintsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
229 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Wittensville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,151 acres in total. None started naturally. 46 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 | 84 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE MUD LICK RT. 201 |
| 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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARBER BRANCH III |
| 20 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARBER BRANCH II |
| 19 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARBER BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wittensville: 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stffordsville Sandstone Roadcut | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Greasy Creek Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Volga Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Whippoorwill Branch Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wittensville in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wittensville | 1 hurt, $15,000 | A large tree limb (5 to 6 inches in diameter) crashed through the roof of a mobile home on Witten Lane in the Wittensville community, striking a female who was lying in bed. The limb caused a deep laceration in her leg, and she was transported by ambulance to a local hospital. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wittensville | 1 hurt, $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought a tree down onto a car. The driver was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wittensville | $25,000 | Cars were moved down an embankment by thunderstorm wind gusts. Roof damage occurred to mobile and other homes as well. One mobile home that was not anchored down was destroyed. A carport and and awning was ripped off another home by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wittensville | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts caused shingle damage to a house and blew a large limb down and onto a garage. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Wittensville | - | Several people were trapped by flood waters at Brown Branch. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Wittensville | - | Eighteen inches of water were flowing across McKenzie Rd 2 miles north of Paintsville. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Wittensville | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Wittensville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nippa | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Tutor Key | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Sitka | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Thealka | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Staffordsville | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Paintsville | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Thelma | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Offutt | 3.8 miles | 16 |
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 Wittensville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8028576 | 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 509395. 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.










