BlockPeytona, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Harrisonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40065. The Survey maps it on the Waddy quadrangle. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
On record in Peytona
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Henri Middleton Houselisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1923 USGS Waddy quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Mount Eden quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Mount Eden quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waddy quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Waddy quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Peytona between 2009 and 2010, burning about 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LEWIS FIRE |
| 16 February 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peytona in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peytona | $100,000 | Two houses were heavily damaged by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peytona | - | A tree was blown down by strong thunderstorm winds on Bob Rogers Road. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Peytona | - | Quarter sized hail reported near Peytona. |
| November 2022 | Hail | Peytona | - | Quarter sized hail was observed in the Peytona community in eastern Shelby County. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peytona | - | Trees and power lines were down in the Bagdad/Waddy area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peytona | - | The Shelby County Road Department reported several trees down along 4400 Waddy Road. |
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peytona | - | Trees were downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Village | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Graefenburg | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Waddy | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hemp Ridge | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hatton | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hooper | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Consolation | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bagdad | 5.6 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 Peytona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691106 | 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 500506. 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.