Woodman, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Phelps census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41568. It stands on Lower Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Majestic quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1887 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1909 USGS Matewan quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Matewan quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Matewan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Matewan quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Majestic quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Majestic quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Woodman between 1992 and 2019, burning about 9,304 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 53 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/incendiarism | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WOODMAN CREEK RD. |
| 24 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HURRICANE CREEK |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 46 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FERRELL ROAD |
| 1 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 95 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodman in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Hail | Woodman | - | A significant accumulation of golf ball size hail occurred in Woodman. The hail caused severe damage to the vehicle and roof of the house of the person who phoned in this report. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Woodman | - | Large hail damaged several vehicles in Woodman. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodman | - | Trees reported down on highway 2059. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane (historical) | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Stopover | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Argo | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Majestic | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Camp Creek (historical) | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Arrow (historical) | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Jamboree | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Phelps | 5.6 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509401. 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.
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.










