Wolf Creek, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Battletown-Payneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40104. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alton quadrangle.
On record in Wolf Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Kentucky Route 228 Bridge, Spanning Wolf Creek on Kentucky Route 228, Wolf Creekfederal building survey, 13 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Creek between 2000 and 2015, burning about 69 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HIGH WALL |
| 20 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BUZZARD ROOST |
| 11 June 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BIRDS CEMETERY |
| 22 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Wolf Creek: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fluorite Occurrences | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Wolf Creek Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Cape Sandy Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Riverside Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolf Creek in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Creek | $200,000 | Six barns were damaged by thunderstorm winds. Out of that number, two were destroyed. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | Golf ball sized hail was observed. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | Golf ball sized hail was observed near Wolf Creek. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Creek | - | Trees were blown down along Paradise Bottom Road in northern Meade County. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Wolf Creek | - | KY 823 between mile post 0 and 1, KY 230 between mile post 1-2, and KY 228 between mile post 3-4 all closed due to flooding. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Creek | - | Power lines were downed. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Creek | - | Power lines were downed. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Creek | - | Numerous large trees down. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Wolf Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beechland | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Roberta | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Concordia | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Cedar Flat | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Andyville | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Peckenpaugh (historical) | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Battletown | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cold Springs | 6.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 506992. 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.









