Pennick, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Elkton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42204. The Survey maps it on the Olmstead quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pennick within Todd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1950 USGS Olmstead quadrangle1:24000
1951 USGS Olmstead quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pennick (historical) between 2000 and 2007, burning about 2 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	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
10 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
23 February 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
2 November 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Todd County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pennick (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
	Todd Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Todd County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bradshaw	2.2 miles	7
Zion	3.2 miles	7
Hermon	3.3 miles	7
Daysville	3.4 miles	8
Elkton	3.7 miles	7
Allensville	4.2 miles	6
Wilhelmina	5.8 miles	7
Anderson	5.8 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743146. 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.