Pilgrim, Kentucky
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Warfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41250. It stands on Pipe Mud Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kermit quadrangle. It stands 636 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 26 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.
- 1887 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1910 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:48000
- 1912 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1926 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kermit quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Kermit quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Kermit quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
281 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Pilgrim between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,246 acres in total. None started naturally. 74 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 | 115 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 74 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | OLD KERMIT GRADE SCHOOL |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EMILY CREEK ROAD |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | MARROWBONE JUNCTION |
| 21 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 327 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 1714 CANEY |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pilgrim: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Roadcut Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pilgrim in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 8 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pilgrim | $5,000 | Martin County dispatch reported over a dozen instances of trees blown down onto or along highways in the county. Some of the trees involved power and phone lines. The Pilgram, Warfield, and Inez communities may have been the most affected. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pilgrim | $5,000 | There were trees blown down on Meade House road in Pilgrim. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pilgrim | $5,000 | Trees down on Highway 292 in Riverfront area, right on Martin county line. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pilgrim | $3,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Peter Cave Road near the community of Pilgrim. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pilgrim | - | A tree was reported down on Rockastle Road. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pilgrim | - | Dispatch reported a tree blown down on Wolf Creek Road near Pilgrim. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pilgrim | - | Numerous trees were blown down along Hwy 1714. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pilgrim | - | Trees were blown down on Meathouse and Wolfe Creek Roads. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Pilgrim | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Pilgrim | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Lovely (historical) | 1.7 miles | 26 | |
| Lovely | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Beauty | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Warfield | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Threeforks | 3.3 miles | 26 | |
| McClure | 4.2 miles | 26 | |
| Laura | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Hode | 6.0 miles | 25 |
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 Pilgrim | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7193915 | 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 508820. 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.













