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Woodland Estates, Kentucky

16 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 Frozen Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vox quadrangle.

Woodland Estates within Whitley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Woodland Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,087 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 42 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
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning26
Recreation and ceremony17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestCADILLIAC
5 September 2015Arson/incendiarism6.5 acresDaniel Boone National ForestAUGER SPRINGS
29 September 2008Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestWHIPPOORWILL
18 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2005Arson/incendiarism108 acresDaniel Boone National ForestWHIPPOORWILL
27 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestBEGLEY
19 August 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresDaniel Boone National Forest3 SISTERS
18 August 2008Natural160 acresDaniel Boone National ForestSPRUCE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Chestnut Grove (historical)1.1 miles16
Grove1.6 miles16
Scuffletown3.4 miles16
Corbin5.2 miles17
Faber5.5 miles16
Youngs Creek5.5 miles16
Woodbine6.0 miles17
Walden6.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2710049. 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.