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Pine Ridge, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Campton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41360. It stands on Pine Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Pomeroyton quadrangle. It stands 1,266 feet above sea level.

Pine Ridge within Wolfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Pine Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,718 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 25 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
Recreation and ceremony65
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestHOLIDAY
5 September 2007Natural15 acresDaniel Boone National ForestCASTLE ARCH
3 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2019Recreation and ceremony125 acresDaniel Boone National ForestSKY BRIDGE
28 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestHALF MOON
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPINE RIDGE
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySLADE-CAMPTON RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wolfe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pine Ridge: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mill Creek StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wolfe County

Storms near this place

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Ridge in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2005Tornado (F0)Pine Ridge$20,000A brief F0 tornado touched down along Campbells Ridge Road. The tornado had a width of 80 yards and a length of 150 yards. This tornado downed several trees and caused damage to three structures. A mobile home was shifted, and one home sustained some roof damage.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge$3,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed in the western part of the county.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge$1,000A tree was blown down on Miller Ridge Road.
April 2009HailPine Ridge$1,000Marble sized hail began falling around 4:15 pm and lasting for 10 minutes at the Koomer Ridge Campground. Ping pong ball size hail began at 4:25 pm and caused dents in a car. The ping pong ball size hail lasted for about a minute. The hail was 5 to 6 inches deep in drainage ditches by the time it ended.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge$500Dispatch reported that powerlines were blown down at a residence in Pine Ridge.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-Wolfe county dispatch reported a tree blown down about 2 miles up KY-715 North, north of Pine Ridge.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-Multiple trees were downed along Chimney Top Road in the Red River Gorge. Exactly locations along the road were not given.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-An NWS employee observed a tree downed and partially blocking the eastbound lane of Mountain Parkway, approximately one quarter to one half of a mile west of Koomer Ridge.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-Trees were blown at various locations along Hwy 715.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-Thunderstorm winds took down many trees in the Red River Gorge, blocking road access and trapping some visitors. Forest Service and county personnel worked into the morning hours of June 24th to cut paths through the fallen trees, so that visitors could leave the area.. Highway 715 to Sky Bridge was closed due to fallen trees. Auxier Ridge and Princess Arch trails were especially hard hit. Numerous uprooted trees and large amounts of debris blocked the trails in several locations, making these trails very difficult to travel. Some trail sections may be impassable for the next several weeks until they can be cleared.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-A tree was blown down and onto a power line.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-Multiple trees were blown down across the area.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-A tree was blown down on the Mountain Parkway.
May 2010FloodPine Ridge-County dispatch reported that some roads in or near Campton were closed due to high water. Some evacuations also took place before midnight on the 2nd.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-Trees were down in Pine Ridge and Rogers.
May 2005HailPine Ridge-no account filed
March 2002HailPine Ridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wolfe County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Rogers1.8 miles13
High Falls2.8 miles12
Glencairn3.0 miles12
Campton4.1 miles12
Torrent4.2 miles13
El Park (historical)4.2 miles13
Booth4.8 miles13
Grannie4.9 miles12

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 Pine RidgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7195311The 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 514598. 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.