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Wofford, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Williamsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40769. It stands on Idiot Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wofford quadrangle. It stands 955 feet above sea level.

Wofford within Whitley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

127 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Wofford between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,321 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 37 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 burning55
Arson/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 August 2007Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 July 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 May 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryWOFFORD CEM. RD
14 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMILE MARKER 18
1 May 2007Debris and open burning70 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitley County

Storms near this place

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wofford in 11 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWofford$5,000Power lines blown down along Highway 26 near Jones Fish Hatchery.
July 2014Flash FloodWofford$1,000Flash flooding was observed at several locations on Hwy 26 between Williamsburg and Rockholds.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWofford$200A local media outlet reported a large tree limb was blown onto a fence east of Wofford.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWofford-A tree was down near the intersection of KY-26 and New Zion Road. Another tree was also downed nearby on New Zion Road.
March 2021FloodWofford-Dispatch reported that Hwy 23 near Blakes Fork road is impassible due to high water.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWofford-Dispatch reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Kentucky Highway 26 and New Zion Road northeast of Williamsburg.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWofford-Dispatch reported a tree blown down onto Browns Creek Road northeast of Williamsburg.
August 2010FloodWofford-The dispatch office reported that KY Hwy 26 was closed due to high water in the Jacks Fork area.
November 2010FloodWofford-New Zion Road was underwater.
May 2010Flash FloodWofford-The EOC reported that 2 feet of water was over Highway 26 at New Zion Road northeast of Williamsburg. There was also flooding reported along the lower end of Old Corbin Pike.
June 2009Flash FloodWofford-Highway 779 was closed near the intersection with Highway 26 due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Whitley 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
Watts Creek Jellico Coal Company (historical)1.0 miles16
Goldbug1.9 miles16
Highland Park2.6 miles15
Williamsburg3.0 miles15
Suttons Mill (historical)3.3 miles15
Rockholds3.3 miles16
Yaden3.4 miles15
Liberty3.9 miles16

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 WoffordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8029045The 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 516427. 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.