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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.

Wyoming within Bath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

25 since 1999

Regional 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 burning11
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
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
3 April 2013Debris and open burning3.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOLFAX RD
12 April 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLITTLE SANDY RD.
10 April 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryADAMS RD FIRE
1 April 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryPEASTICKS
6 March 2018Arson/incendiarism16 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGRANGE CITY
28 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bath County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clover Creek Iron TractIronProspect
Indian Creek Iron TrackIronProspect

Every working recorded in Bath County

Storms near this place

6 since 2015

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2024Thunderstorm WindWyoming$15,000A barn was blown down along White Oak road, approximately 1 mile from Wyoming Road, north of Owingsville.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWyoming-The Bath County Emergency Manager reported a tree down along KY-111 near the community of Wyoming.
September 2018FloodWyoming-Water of an unknown depth was observed flowing across Wyoming/Blue Rock Road north of Owingsville.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindWyoming-Emergency Management observed several trees down on Kentucky Highway 1602 near the intersection with Kentucky Highway 111 near Oakley and Wyoming.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWyoming-Local emergency management officials reported large tree limbs blown down along with roof damage to a barn near Wyoming.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindWyoming-Trees were blown down on Wyoming Road.

Every storm recorded in Bath 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
Oakla2.4 miles10
Red Bush (historical)2.6 miles10
Whickliffe Forge (historical)3.7 miles10
Slate Valley3.7 miles10
White Oak4.1 miles9
Pittsburgh (historical)4.4 miles9
Peasticks4.4 miles10
Pebble4.6 miles6

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.