Peasticks, 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 Skillet Branch. The Survey maps it on the Colfax quadrangle. It stands 869 feet above sea level.
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
35 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Peasticks between 1999 and 2018, burning about 253 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLYMPIA LUMBER |
| 24 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLYMPIA |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE SANDY RD. |
| 11 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Peasticks: 5 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 | ||
| Horton-North Iron Tract | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Horton-South Iron Tract | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Indian Creek Iron Track | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Rose Run Iron Tract | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peasticks in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peasticks | $3,000 | Trees were blown down in Peasticks. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peasticks | $2,000 | Strong winds brought trees down in the area. One tree fell on a vehicle producing damage. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peasticks | - | Multiple healthy hardwood trees were snapped along Old Sands Road (KY-1269) in the Peasticks Community. Trees were all laying ENE or E. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Peasticks | - | A picture posted by local broadcast media showed water over Hwy 111 making it impassable, about 6 miles northeast of Owingsville. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Peasticks | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ore Mines (historical) | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Slate Valley | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Whickliffe Forge (historical) | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Shrout (historical) | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Red Bush (historical) | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Polksville | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Jackson Schoolhouse (historical) | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Owingsville | 3.5 miles | 9 |
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 Peasticks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7158455 | 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 514473. 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.






