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Wrigley, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wrigley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It stands on Road Fork. The Survey maps it on the Wrigley quadrangle. It stands 817 feet above sea level.

Wrigley within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

95 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Wrigley between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,247 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
19 September 2008Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 August 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROUTE 7
24 June 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2010Debris and open burning130 acresKentucky Division of ForestryB.L. LEWIS
25 April 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wrigley in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 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
July 2001Flash FloodWrigley$5,000Over a foot of water was flowing over the intersection of Highway 7 and 711. Water also was reported to have entered several homes in town.
June 2003Flash FloodWrigley$3,000One foot of water was flowing across Kentucky Highways 7 and 711. Trees were being washed out and taking out power lines.
January 2025FloodWrigley-KY-711 (Redwine Road) was closed between mile marker 3 and 3.5, just west of Wrigley.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWrigley-Trees were blown down onto KY-7 near the Wrigley community.
February 2022FloodWrigley-KY-711 near the community of Wrigley was reported as being blocked due to flood waters, between mile markers 3 and 4.
February 2021Flash FloodWrigley-Water was reported covering the road at the intersection of Hwy 711 and Hwy 7, making the road impassable.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWrigley-Dispatch relayed a report of a tree blown down on Kentucky Highway 711 northwest of Wrigley.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindWrigley-Trees were blown down.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindWrigley-A Department of Highways official reported a plethora of large tree debris blown down onto Kentucky Highway 711 near Wrigley.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindWrigley-A tree was blown down on Hwy 711 at DeHart Rd.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWrigley-A barn was damaged, and a few trees were blown down, in the Wrigley area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWrigley-Trees were blown down on Hwy 711.
September 2006Flash FloodWrigley-Highway 711 impassable due to flooding.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWrigley-Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2001Flash FloodWrigley-Heavy rains caused water to cover Highway 7 and the road was closed for approximately an hour.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindWrigley-Trees were blown down onto power lines.
May 2005HailWrigley-no account filed
May 1996HailWrigley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Redwine2.3 miles10
Leisure2.5 miles11
Blaze3.3 miles11
Yocum3.7 miles14
Ditney School (historical)3.8 miles11
Oak Hill (historical)3.8 miles11
Pomp4.1 miles14
Blairs Mills4.6 miles11

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 WrigleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14691537The 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 516490. 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.