BlockPine Grove, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Keavy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40744. It stands on Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lily quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Lily quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lily quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Lily quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 1994 and 2019, burning about 334 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | COLD HILL |
| 19 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SCOTTS ROA |
| 6 May 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | COLD HILL |
| 6 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BLAKELY LANE |
| 4 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 7.2 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | LASSIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Grove in 16 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 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 | Pine Grove | $10,000 | Numerous trees were down, with estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 miles per hour. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Pine Grove | $1,000 | Six inches of water was seen flowing across Sunshine Hill Road in London. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | $1,000 | A tree was uprooted along Hwy 192. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | - | Laurel county dispatch reported a couple of trees down in the Sublimity Springs subdivision on the south side of London. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | - | A tree was downed 4.2 miles south of London according to a public report. The exact road where this occurred is not listed or known. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | - | A large tree limb was reported to be down near 200 Riverbend Road just south of London. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Pine Grove | - | The public reported half dollar-sized (1.25 inch) hail along I-75 approximately 2 miles north northwest of Lily. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | - | Multiple trees were blown down on Ward Cemetery Road between London and Corbin. |
| June 2021 | Flood | Pine Grove | - | A section of Sunshine Hill Road was reported to be partially underwater/flooded in London. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | - | Broadcast media shared a picture taken by a public source of one downed pine tree across Clear Springs Dr near the intersection of Summer Springs Dr, about 4.2 miles south of London. The damage occurred along the leading edge of an incoming storm. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | - | Dispatch relayed reports of trees blown down on Keavy Road southwest of London. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | - | Dispatch relayed a report of a tree blown down southwest of London. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | - | A tree was blown down and onto Boggs Road. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | - | Several trees and tree limbs were blown down on Hammock and Lily roads. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | - | There were power lines and trees down on Topton road 5 miles south of London. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Pine Grove | - | One foot of water was flowing over Highway 2392 and Horse Creek Road near Hopewell. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514578. 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.