Pine Hill, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40456. It lies near Lime Plant Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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
- 1953 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
346 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 346 fires within 5 miles of Pine Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 9,500 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 128 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 128 |
| Debris and open burning | 128 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 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 Pine Hill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullins Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Hill in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Hill | - | Rockcastle County 911 Center reported a tree down on 100 block of Upper Calloway Loop near the intersection of S. Wilderness Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Hill | - | A tree was down near MM 10 on US-25 South Daniel Boone Trail. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Hill | - | Rockcastle County dispatch reported a tree blown down at the intersection of US-25 and Upper Calloway Loop. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Hill | - | A tree was reported down on US-25 near the community of Pine Hill. |
| July 2017 | Flood | Pine Hill | - | A trained spotter observed flood waters on Honeycomb Road in Mount Vernon, causing the road to be impassable. Other low lying areas were also flooded as heavy rain moved through. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Hill | - | A tree was blown down on Calloway Branch. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Hill | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in Pine Hill. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Pine Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinks | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Mullins | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Flat Rock | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Burr | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Orlando | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Wellhope | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Livingston | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Vernon | 4.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514583. 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.







