Peabody, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Big Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40914. It stands on Little Double Creek. The Survey maps it on the Big Creek quadrangle. It stands 846 feet above sea level.
On record in Peabody
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Peabody-Fordson Historic Districtlisted 2017 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Big Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Big Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
251 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Peabody between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,320 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 121 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 | 121 |
| Debris and open burning | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | DRY |
| 28 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | TIRES |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | TREE |
| 7 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | PEABODY HOUSE |
| 29 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | SUGAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peabody in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peabody | $3,000 | Powerlines were downed near the Hal Rogers Parkway near mile marker 31 1 mile west of Peabody. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Peabody | - | The CHTK2 (Peabody) RAWS observing site measured 2.06 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peabody | - | Two trees were down on Highway 421 at Elk Creek. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Peabody | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Marcum | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Eriline | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hector | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Mouth of Hector (historical) | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Creekville | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Jacks Creek | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Plank | 5.3 miles | 13 |
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 Peabody | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7157213 | 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 514465. 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.





