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Wolf, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Carter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41164. It stands on Slate Lick. The Survey maps it on the Tygarts Valley quadrangle.

Wolf within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

146 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Wolf between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,046 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 36 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism36
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
18 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFORT FALLS
7 July 2012Natural25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCARTER CAV
11 June 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 May 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySMITH BRANCH RD
9 April 2014Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBAKER CEMETERY FIRE
9 April 2012Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGREGORY HO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Wolf: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Carter QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Olive Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
V QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fultz MineClayPast Producer
Gesling Open Pit MineClayPast Producer
Messer MineClayProducer
Ramey Zorne Branch MineClayPast Producer
Wesley Corn MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolf in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 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
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWolf$3,000Several trees were blown down around the Carter Caves State Park.
January 2022FloodWolf$2,000Up to two feet of standing water was in front of a residence along Route 182 to the south of the community of Wolf. High water also led to overflowing culverts.
June 2017Heavy RainWolf-Spotter measured 3.4 inches of rainfall.
May 2016HailWolf-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
Deevert3.0 miles8
Gesling3.1 miles8
Carter3.6 miles8
Iron Hill3.7 miles8
Prater3.9 miles9
Wesleyville4.0 miles8
Charlotte Furnace4.2 miles8
Counts Crossroads4.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509396. 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.