Wolf Lick, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lewisburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42256. It stands on Alum Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dunmor quadrangle. It stands 430 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1911 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:48000
- 1914 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Lick between 1997 and 2016, burning about 109 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 June 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wolf Lick: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frazier Hollow Prospect | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolf Lick in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Lick | - | A tree was blown down by Beechland Road. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Wolf Lick | - | Kentucky 3201, Quality Rd., was closed between mile markers 0 and 1. Kentucky 107, Deerlick Rd., was closed between mile markers 4 and 5. |
| December 2007 | Flood | Wolf Lick | - | Parts of Kentucky Route 1153 were closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Springs | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Jerico | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Lewisburg | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pogue (historical) | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Beechland | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Henrysville (historical) | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hollow Bill | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Stewarts Ridge (historical) | 3.7 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q8029863 | 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 509397. 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.






