Peoples, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Annville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40447. It stands on Pond Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parrot quadrangle. It stands 971 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Parrot quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
99 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Peoples between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,284 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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 | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PEOPLE'S FIRE |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | RENFRO 1 |
| 5 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | RENFRO 2 |
| 4 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peoples in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoples | $1,000 | Tree blown down on Highway 30W near the Laurel county line. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoples | - | Jackson County Dispatch reported a tree down on the 5700 block of KY-577 in Annville, KY. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Peoples | - | The intersection of KY Highways 577 and 3630 are covered by high water. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoples | - | The roof of a porch of a mobile home was blown off. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoples | - | Six trees down along Highways 577 and 30 3 miles inside the Jackson and Laurel County line. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoples | - | Several trees were down. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Peoples | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eberle | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Laurel Branch (historical) | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cornelius | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Moores Creek | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Seven Pines (historical) | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Dabolt | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bond | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Flatton (historical) | 4.1 miles | 14 |
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 Peoples | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7166044 | 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 514489. 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.





