Petersville, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Laurel-Petersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It stands on Dunaway Branch. The Survey maps it on the Stricklett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Stricklett quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Petersville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 432 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DUNAWAY BRANCH |
| 6 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | THURMAN BR |
| 4 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEECHY CREEK |
| 18 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PAINT LICK |
| 15 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 344 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Petersville in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 2 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Petersville | $1,000 | Streams were reported out of their banks due to flash flooding. |
| December 2019 | Flood | Petersville | - | Kentucky Route 344 was closed due to high water in both lanes. |
| March 2013 | Flood | Petersville | - | High water was reported on area roads due to heavy rainfall. These roads included State Route 344, State Route 989, and State Route 59. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Petersville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge (historical) | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Ridge (historic) | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Crum | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Upper Indian Creek (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Glen Springs | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Nashtown | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Burtonville | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Stricklett | 6.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514523. 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.



