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Peytonsburg, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kettle-Peytonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42717. It stands on Mitchell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blacks Ferry quadrangle. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.

Peytonsburg within Cumberland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

77 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Peytonsburg between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,052 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism21
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2010Debris and open burning29 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLEONARD WATSON FIRE
12 April 2010Debris and open burning8.0 acresTennessee Division of ForestryROCK SPRINGS RD
11 April 2007Debris and open burning31 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2020Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKOCIS ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cumberland 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 Peytonsburg: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cumberland County

Storms near this place

11 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peytonsburg in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPeytonsburg$5,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPeytonsburg$1,000Trees were downed at Dale Hallow State Park, including one which fell on a tent.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPeytonsburg-The Cumberland County emergency manager reported numerous trees down across the county.
June 2009Heavy RainPeytonsburg-A trained spotter measured 1.75 inches of rain in about 30 minutes in Peytonsburg. Some lowland flooding was occurring in fields and where creeks were running high.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPeytonsburg-Power lines and trees were downed.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPeytonsburg-Trees were downed one mile east of Peytonsburg as well as across south and southeastern parts of Cumberland County.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindPeytonsburg-Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
April 2006HailPeytonsburg-Penny size hail was reported at Dale Hollow Lake State Park.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPeytonsburg-Power lines were downed.
April 2006HailPeytonsburg-no account filed
March 2001HailPeytonsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cumberland 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Ashlock2.2 miles14
Poplar Grove (historical)2.5 miles14
Littrell3.6 miles14
Bear Wallow Ridge (historical)4.7 miles14
Kettle5.0 miles15
Frogue5.5 miles15
Stalcup5.5 miles14
Tanbark6.1 miles14

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 PeytonsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7179641The 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 508812. 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.