Wolverine, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Oakdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41339. It lies in Wolverine Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
202 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Wolverine between 1997 and 2020, burning about 6,919 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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 | 106 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 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 Wolverine: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Roadcut | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
15 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolverine in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 flood, 2 hail. 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 2009 | Flash Flood | Wolverine | $100,000 | Six to seven feet of water was covering Ky Hwy 30. Two single wide trailers were seen floating by. One double wide was in the middle of the flood waters and rescuers were having difficulty reaching the occupants. Highway 30 W was closed near the detention center. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Wolverine | $10,000 | A portion of Highway 476 was flooded near Lost Creek due to Troublesome Creek coming out of its banks. A portion of Wolverine Road was flooded due to the North Fork of the Kentucky River overflowing its banks. Kentucky Highway 541 was under water near Jackson. A car was stranded in the flood water near the Kentucky Mountain Bible College in this same location. |
| February 2015 | Flood | Wolverine | $1,000 | Wolverine Rd was under water near where it intersects Hwy 30 near Jackson. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Wolverine | $1,000 | A residence along Hwy 540 in Strong Fork had standing water in the yard. The home owners reported that the creek nearby was several feet out of its banks. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverine | - | Social media report of a tree down on Privett Lane in the Wolverine area of Breathitt County. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverine | - | A NWS employee reported a 3-inch diameter tree limb blown down along Oakwood Drive. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Wolverine | - | A retired NWS employee reported up to penny-sized hail in the Wolverine community. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverine | - | Dispatch reported trees down in and around Jackson, from Wolverine Road to Manns Road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverine | - | A tree and power lines were blown down on Wolvervine Rd. next to Chestnut Gap Rd. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverine | - | Several large limbs were down. |
| February 2003 | Flash Flood | Wolverine | - | Highway 3193 was flooded. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverine | - | Several large tree limbs were down. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverine | - | One tree was down. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Wolverine | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Wolverine | - | 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.
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 Wolverine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8030531 | 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 509398. 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.







