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Woodbine, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Corbin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40701. It stands on Eaton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Corbin quadrangle. It stands 1,115 feet above sea level.

Woodbine within Whitley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

88 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Woodbine between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,541 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 burning48
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2007Recreation and ceremony20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 1999Recreation and ceremony112 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 August 2007Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestBEGLEY
13 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestLAUREL BRIDGE
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySAWDUST PI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitley County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Woodbine: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
No. 1 MillClayPlant
No. 1 MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Whitley County

Storms near this place

29 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodbine in 29 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 4 flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWoodbine$100,000Widespread wind damage occurred in the Woodbine community, with many trees uprooted and snapped - specifically along Perkins Street. One mobile home suffered significant damage when a large tree fell onto it.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindWoodbine$25,000A tree was blown down on a house. Numerous trees were blown down along Highway 25 between Williamsburg and Corbin.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWoodbine$20,000A tree was reported down and on a vehicle along Meadow Creek Road near the community of Woodbine.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWoodbine$9,000Whitley County dispatch reported a tree knocked down on powerlines near the community of Woodbine. This then in turn pulled the powerlines off a house and caused damage to the house.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWoodbine$5,000A tree was blown onto a house in Woodbine.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWoodbine$5,000Multiple trees were blown down in Woodbine.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindWoodbine$1,000Whitley County dispatch reported that a tree was blown down onto and brought down a power line on Meadow Creek Road about 3 miles outside of Rockholds.
December 2013FloodWoodbine$1,000Numerous reports of flooding were received from the Woodbine area. A portion of Radio Tower Road was under water. Water was also across Hwy 6 and on both sides of Old Welton Cemetary Road.
November 2010FloodWoodbine$1,000The 911 dispatch reported that water is over the road at the intersection of Highways 6 and 26.
September 2024Flash FloodWoodbine$400An amateur radio operator relayed a report that water was flowing over KY-1064 by Sargent's Pay Lake. Fire Department was on scene and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet had been notified.
September 2018FloodWoodbine-Dispatch reported standing water from Meadow Creek over Meadow Creek Road south of Woodbine.
August 2018FloodWoodbine-A local media outlet passed along several reports of standing water on Kentucky Highway 26 between Woodbine and Corbin.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindWoodbine-A tree was blown down on Meadow Creek Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWoodbine-Thunderstorm wind gusts caused roof damage at a fire house and blew a tree down on Hwy 26.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWoodbine-A 60 foot tall tree was blown down across the street from the Woodbine Fire Dept.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindWoodbine-A tree was blown down on Stoney Fork Road.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWoodbine-Tree were blown down.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindWoodbine-A tree was blown down in the Woodbine community.
May 2011Flash FloodWoodbine-Six to 8 inches of water was flowing across the road in Woodbine.
April 2011Flash FloodWoodbine-Meadow Creek Rd was closed near Woodbine fire department due to high water.
April 2011Flash FloodWoodbine-Highway 26 was closed at Corbin Bypass Junction due to high water.
April 2011HailWoodbine-The report was from Woodbine fire department.
July 2008Flash FloodWoodbine-Six inches of water was seen flowing over Chapel Road.
July 2008Flash FloodWoodbine-Eight to nine inches of water was flowing across Highway 26.
September 2006Flash FloodWoodbine-Highway 1064 and Highway 6 near fire department, Highway 26 near the bypass, Frog Level, and Archer Roads remain covered by water.
September 2006Flash FloodWoodbine-Archer Street in Woodbine and Frog Level Road closed by 6 to 8 inches of water over the roads.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWoodbine-One tree down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWoodbine-Trees were down over Grove Road.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWoodbine-Numerous trees were down near the intersection of HWY 6 and 26.

Every storm recorded in Whitley 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
Scuffletown3.0 miles16
Corbin3.1 miles17
Faber3.1 miles16
Chestnut Grove (historical)5.1 miles16
Rockholds5.5 miles16
Walden5.8 miles16
Woodland Estates6.0 miles16
Grove7.4 miles16

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 WoodbineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8032358The 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 516470. 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.