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Wooton, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Cutshin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41776. It stands on Preston Fork. The Survey maps it on the Hyden East quadrangle. It stands 876 feet above sea level.

Wooton within Leslie County

On record in Wooton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Wooton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,536 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 38 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 burning90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism38
Recreation and ceremony18
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
29 September 2007Recreation and ceremony799 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning63 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWOOLY FK
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 August 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leslie County

Storms near this place

24 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wooton in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 flood. 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 2008Funnel CloudWooton$25,000A funnel cloud was observed passing over a house in Wooton and then touching down on Highway 1807 approximately 1 mile east of Wooton. Extensive tree and power line damage occurred along a 150 yard damage path.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Wooton$25,000An EF-1 tornado with wind speeds of around 95 mph briefly touched down one mile southeast of Wooton. Large trees were either snapped off or blown over. One tree fell onto a power line.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindWooton$1,500Leslie County Dispatch reported telephone lines were down and blocking both lanes of KY-80 near the intersection with Wooton Road in the community of Wooton, just southwest of Hazard.
February 2018FloodWooton$1,000Highway 699 was closed due to high water.
August 2014Flash FloodWooton$1,000Three feet of water was observed flowing over Hwy 80 near Grace Community Health Care and Highway 1807 was closed due to high water from Wooton Creek covering the road.
May 2023HailWooton-County dispatch reported approximately penny-sized (0.75 inch) hail near Wooton.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWooton-A tree was blown down and onto a trailer.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWooton-A tree was blown down and onto a trailer.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindWooton-Trees were reported down on Hwy 80.
April 2011HailWooton-The hail was the size of golf balls.
August 2009FloodWooton-Flood water was reported to be across KY Highway 80.
August 2009FloodWooton-High water was reported over KY Highway 699.
May 2008HailWooton-Penny size hail fell for 5 minutes.
May 2007HailWooton-Penny sized hail.
April 2006HailWooton-Golf ball size hail reported.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWooton-Trees were down.
May 2004Flash FloodWooton-Highway 699 was closed at Saw Hole Branch due to high water, with water flowing into the fire station. A section of Highway 1807 was under water, with Old Highway 80 also under water.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWooton-Large tree limbs were down.
January 2002Flash FloodWooton-A report of two feet of water over Meeting House Branch was reported by the 24 Hour Warning Point.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWooton-Trees were downed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWooton-Trees downed.
April 2006HailWooton-no account filed
May 2004Funnel CloudWooton-no account filed
May 2004Flash FloodWooton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Leslie 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
Toulouse1.3 miles14
Hendrix (historical)2.0 miles14
Lower McIntosh (historical)2.5 miles14
Frew3.0 miles16
Smilax3.2 miles14
Hyden4.0 miles14
Daley4.8 miles16
Wendover4.8 miles14

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 WootonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14691535The 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 516481. 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.