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Pitman, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Saloma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42718. It stands on Locust Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Saloma quadrangle.

Pitman within Taylor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

14 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Pitman between 1999 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMARSHALL RIDGE ROAD
8 March 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2000Debris and open burning2.1 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 March 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor 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 Pitman: 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
Badger Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

2 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pitman in 2 storm reports in 2024: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPitman-A tree and power lines were downed across Kentucky Route 210.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPitman-Trees were downed by strong winds along Hodgenville Road between Old Mac Road and Saloma Road.

Every storm recorded in Taylor 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
Mac1.9 miles9
Bengal2.1 miles9
White Rose3.3 miles9
Durhamtown4.3 miles9
Sweeneyville5.1 miles9
Saloma5.6 miles9
Badger5.7 miles9
Maple6.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508830. 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.