Pine Top, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Carr Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41843. It stands on Willard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hindman quadrangle. It stands 1,132 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1912 USGS Hindman quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Hindman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Hindman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Hindman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
351 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of Pine Top between 1997 and 2020, burning about 18,692 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 68 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 | 153 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 93 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOVES BRANCH |
| 9 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Top in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2014: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Top | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on Highway 582 and Route 1393. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Top | - | A tree was blown down at Pine Top. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Top | - | Trees were blown down on Hwy 582. One of the trees fell onto a vehicle. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Top | - | Trees were downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nealy | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| May | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Drew | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Spider | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Omaha | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sylvester (historical) | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Bath | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Middle Carr Creek (historical) | 3.2 miles | 18 |
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 Top | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19987573 | 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 508824. 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.








