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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.

Wolf Creek within Meade County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

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.

Kentucky Route 228 Bridge, Spanning Wolf Creek on Kentucky Route 228, Wolf Creek, Meade County, KY
Kentucky Route 228 Bridge, Spanning Wolf Creek on Kentucky Route 228, Wolf Creek, Meade County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

11 since 2000

Regional 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresHoosier National ForestHIGH WALL
20 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHoosier National ForestBUZZARD ROOST
11 June 2015Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresHoosier National ForestBIRDS CEMETERY
22 April 2007Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2000Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Fluorite OccurrencesFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Wolf Creek Clay BedClayProspect
Cape Sandy Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Riverside MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Meade County

Storms near this place

13 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2008Thunderstorm WindWolf Creek$200,000Six barns were damaged by thunderstorm winds. Out of that number, two were destroyed.
March 2025HailWolf Creek-Golf ball sized hail was observed.
June 2023HailWolf Creek-Golf ball sized hail was observed near Wolf Creek.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWolf Creek-Trees were blown down along Paradise Bottom Road in northern Meade County.
February 2018FloodWolf 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 2004Thunderstorm WindWolf Creek-Power lines were downed.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindWolf Creek-Power lines were downed.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWolf Creek-Numerous large trees down.
April 2017HailWolf Creek-no account filed
April 2006HailWolf Creek-no account filed
May 2004HailWolf Creek-no account filed
March 2002HailWolf Creek-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWolf Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meade 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
Beechland2.0 miles15
Roberta2.6 miles16
Concordia3.6 miles16
Cedar Flat3.8 miles15
Andyville4.8 miles15
Peckenpaugh (historical)5.3 miles21
Battletown5.7 miles15
Cold Springs6.3 miles15

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.