Pendleton, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Eminence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40055. It stands on Bartlett Fork. The Survey maps it on the Smithfield quadrangle. It stands 853 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1932 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Smithfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Smithfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Smithfield quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Pendleton between 2000 and 2001, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pendleton in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Hail | Pendleton | - | Penny sized hail was observed near Pendleton. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendleton | - | Trees were downed by strong winds in Pendleton. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendleton | - | Trees were reported down near Pendleton. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Pendleton | - | High water and flooding were reported over Highway 153. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendleton | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported power poles snapped and power lines down near Interstate 71 from severe winds. There were also reports of tree damage along Radcliffe Road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendleton | - | Trained spotters estimated winds at 60 mph. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Pendleton | - | Numerous low water bridge crossings were closed due to high water. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendleton | - | Trees were downed. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Pendleton | - | Golfball size hail reported in western Henry county |
| April 2017 | Hail | Pendleton | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Pendleton | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Pendleton | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Pendleton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sligo | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sulphur | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Tarascon | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Jericho | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Smithfield | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Campbellsburg | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| New Castle | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Eminence | 9.1 miles | 10 |
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 Pendleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30621956 | 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 508798. 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.






