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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1951 USGS Pomeroyton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pomeroyton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 65 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | HOLIDAY |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | 15 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CASTLE ARCH |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 125 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | SKY BRIDGE |
| 28 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | HALF MOON |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PINE RIDGE |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SLADE-CAMPTON RD |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Pine Ridge | $20,000 | A 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | $3,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed in the western part of the county. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Miller Ridge Road. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Pine Ridge | $1,000 | Marble 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | $500 | Dispatch reported that powerlines were blown down at a residence in Pine Ridge. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | Wolfe county dispatch reported a tree blown down about 2 miles up KY-715 North, north of Pine Ridge. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | Multiple trees were downed along Chimney Top Road in the Red River Gorge. Exactly locations along the road were not given. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | Trees were blown at various locations along Hwy 715. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | A tree was blown down and onto a power line. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | Multiple trees were blown down across the area. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | A tree was blown down on the Mountain Parkway. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Pine 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | Trees were down in Pine Ridge and Rogers. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| High Falls | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Glencairn | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Campton | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Torrent | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| El Park (historical) | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Booth | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Grannie | 4.9 miles | 12 |
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 Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7195311 | 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 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.





