BlockPinchem, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Guthrie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42234. The Survey maps it on the Guthrie quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1950 USGS Guthrie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinchem in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinchem | $8,000 | Medium size trees were blown down. |
| October 2020 | Flood | Pinchem | - | Water was over Highway 181 at the intersection of Highway 848. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Pinchem | - | Four inches of standing water was observed on the ground between Elkton and Guthrie. |
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.
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 Pinchem | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18388654 | 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 508821. 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.
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.