Paint Lick, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Paint Lick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40461. It stands on Lowell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Paint Lick quadrangle. It stands 820 feet above sea level.
On record in Paint Lick
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 7 records
Calico & Brown General Storelisted 1985- John Arnold Houselisted 1983
- William Miller Placelisted 1985
- Paint Lick Commercial Districtlisted 2014
- Paint Lick Presbyterian Churchlisted 1985
- Paint Lick Schoollisted 2007
- Smith Houselisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Paint Lick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Paint Lick between 1997 and 2008, burning about 74 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 February 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 November 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 October 2003 | 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 Paint Lick: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Church Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Price Valley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paint Lick in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2007: 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paint Lick | - | Telephone poles were broken off at 1792 Kirksville Road. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Paint Lick | - | Numerous trees were down on the Garrard County side of the Garrard-Madison county line. The debris pattern indicated a tornado touchdown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Manse | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hackley | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Nina | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Point Leavell | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| New Union (historical) | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Hamack (historical) | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cartersville | 5.4 miles | 14 |
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 Paint Lick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7124940 | 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 500117. 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.






