Wyoming, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Owingsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40360. It stands on Slate Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colfax quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Wyoming between 1999 and 2018, burning about 143 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COLFAX RD |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE SANDY RD. |
| 10 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ADAMS RD FIRE |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PEASTICKS |
| 6 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRANGE CITY |
| 28 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wyoming: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Creek Iron Tract | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Indian Creek Iron Track | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wyoming in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wyoming | $15,000 | A barn was blown down along White Oak road, approximately 1 mile from Wyoming Road, north of Owingsville. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wyoming | - | The Bath County Emergency Manager reported a tree down along KY-111 near the community of Wyoming. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Wyoming | - | Water of an unknown depth was observed flowing across Wyoming/Blue Rock Road north of Owingsville. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wyoming | - | Emergency Management observed several trees down on Kentucky Highway 1602 near the intersection with Kentucky Highway 111 near Oakley and Wyoming. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wyoming | - | Local emergency management officials reported large tree limbs blown down along with roof damage to a barn near Wyoming. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wyoming | - | Trees were blown down on Wyoming Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakla | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Red Bush (historical) | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Whickliffe Forge (historical) | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Slate Valley | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| White Oak | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Pittsburgh (historical) | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Peasticks | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pebble | 4.6 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 516496. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.






