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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Wrigley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Wrigley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
95 since 1997Regional 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/incendiarism | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROUTE 7 |
| 24 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | B.L. LEWIS |
| 25 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Wrigley | $5,000 | Over 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 2003 | Flash Flood | Wrigley | $3,000 | One foot of water was flowing across Kentucky Highways 7 and 711. Trees were being washed out and taking out power lines. |
| January 2025 | Flood | Wrigley | - | KY-711 (Redwine Road) was closed between mile marker 3 and 3.5, just west of Wrigley. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrigley | - | Trees were blown down onto KY-7 near the Wrigley community. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Wrigley | - | KY-711 near the community of Wrigley was reported as being blocked due to flood waters, between mile markers 3 and 4. |
| February 2021 | Flash Flood | Wrigley | - | Water was reported covering the road at the intersection of Hwy 711 and Hwy 7, making the road impassable. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrigley | - | Dispatch relayed a report of a tree blown down on Kentucky Highway 711 northwest of Wrigley. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrigley | - | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrigley | - | A Department of Highways official reported a plethora of large tree debris blown down onto Kentucky Highway 711 near Wrigley. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrigley | - | A tree was blown down on Hwy 711 at DeHart Rd. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrigley | - | A barn was damaged, and a few trees were blown down, in the Wrigley area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrigley | - | Trees were blown down on Hwy 711. |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Wrigley | - | Highway 711 impassable due to flooding. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrigley | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Wrigley | - | Heavy rains caused water to cover Highway 7 and the road was closed for approximately an hour. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrigley | - | Trees were blown down onto power lines. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Wrigley | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Wrigley | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redwine | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Leisure | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Blaze | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Yocum | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ditney School (historical) | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Hill (historical) | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Pomp | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Blairs Mills | 4.6 miles | 11 |
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 Wrigley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691537 | The 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.






