BlockPactolus, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41143. It stands on Fall Branch. The Survey maps it on the Grayson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Grayson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Grayson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
131 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Pactolus between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,055 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | AA HAYFIELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pactolus in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 3 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Pactolus | $25,000 | The Grayson cooperative observer measured 3.36 inches in 2 hours ending around 1500E. An automatic gauge in another location in Grayson measured a total of 2.2 inches. ||Damron Branch flooded roads and vehicles near Route 60. Water levels reached the floor boards of a few vehicles. Urban street flooding occurred too. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Pactolus | $1,000 | Flooding was observed near the 1900 Block along South State Highway 1. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Pactolus | $1,000 | The Little Sandy River at Grayson surpassed its 21 foot flood stage just after midnight on the 10th. The river crested in minor flood stage at 22.6 feet just before sunrise and returned to its banks shortly after noon. This flooded sections of Route 773 in the Dixie Park area and SR 1910 was also flooded along with some farmland. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Pactolus | $1,000 | High water closed a portion of Rupert Lane near the Grayson city limits. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pactolus | $250 | A tree was blown down onto Route 7 north of Grayson. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Pactolus | - | Route 1910 was flooded at Little Sandy River. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsey Chapel (historical) | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| The Cross Roads (historical) | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Grayson | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Beech Grove | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Stinson | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Gregoryville | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Fairview Hill | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Leon | 5.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 500098. 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.