Pierce, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Donansburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42743. It stands on North Fork Trammell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Exie quadrangle. It stands 801 feet above sea level.
On record in Pierce
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
- Napoleon Wallace Houselisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Exie quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Exie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Pierce between 1998 and 2017, burning about 328 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SAM GENTRY |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 February 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pierce in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Pierce | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierce | - | There was roof damage to a home on James Wallace Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierce | - | A tree was blown down across Kentucky Route 218 near R Bishop Lane. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierce | - | Downed trees blocked Highway 218 and Liletown Road. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierce | - | Trees were downed. One was blown on to Highway 218 southwest of Pierce near the Metcalfe County line. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Pierce | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pierce | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Pierce | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newt | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Grab | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Liletown | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Crailhope | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Donansburg | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Little Barren | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Thurlow | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Exie | 4.2 miles | 9 |
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 Pierce | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7191762 | 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 500569. 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.




