BlockWolf Coal, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Haddix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41339. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Canoe quadrangle. It stands 787 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1913 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Canoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Canoe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
266 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Coal between 1997 and 2020, burning about 19,066 acres in total. None started naturally. 73 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 | 118 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 289 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARWICK |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 415 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOWLING CREEK RD. |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHICK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolf Coal in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Wolf Coal | $10,000 | Flash flooding was observed with several feet of flowing water over sections of Highway 1933 and 1388 (Bowlings Creek). A family was trapped on high ground as flash flood washed out the access bridge to their home on Bowlings Creek. Flood waters entered the Altro Church of God. A CoCoRaHS observer located 2 miles east-southeast of Talbert measured 3.77 inches of rain, with much of that falling during the late afternoon and overnight hours. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Coal | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down on Rte 1110 in Wolf Coal. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Coal | $1,000 | Three trees down, one laying on a yard barn. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Coal | - | A report from social media indicated multiple trees had been blown down onto the road near the Wolf Coal Fire Department building and the intersection of KY-1933 and KY-1110. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Coal | - | A tree was blown down and onto Hwy 1110. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Coal | - | A tree was blown down and across Hwy 1110. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Coal | - | A tree was blown down and onto a barn. |
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 Wolf Coal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8029811 | 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 516432. 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.