Penile, Kentucky
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Pond Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40272. It stands on Bearcamp Run. The Survey maps it on the Valley Station quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1909 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1912 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Valley Station quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Valley Station quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Valley Station quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Valley Station quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Valley Station quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Penile between 1999 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FAIRDALE HIGH FIRE |
| 5 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2011 | Natural | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEARCAMP RD. FIRE |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 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 Penile: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Ridge | Clay | Producer | ||
| Okolona Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Penile in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Village | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Waverly Hills | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Fairdale | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Newtown (historical) | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Auburndale | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Valley | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| South Park | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Johnsontown | 3.1 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508800. 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.










