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Pittsburg, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the London census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40741. It stands on Pittman Branch. The Survey maps it on the London quadrangle. It stands 1,145 feet above sea level.

Pittsburg within Laurel County

On record in Pittsburg

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

76 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Pittsburg between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,440 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony15
Arson/incendiarism14

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 1998Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 July 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 July 2014Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHAZEL GREEN FIRE
1 June 2002Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 May 2008Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 May 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurel County

Storms near this place

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittsburg in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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
April 2008Flash FloodPittsburg$50,000Pittsburgh School Road was closed due to flood waters. Four to 5 inches of water were running across Slate Lick Road. Several homes were evacuated due to flood waters.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$10,000Power poles were blown down at the interchange of Hwy 80 and I-75 in Pittsburg.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$2,000Multiple trees were reported being blown down in this location near the Pittsburg Community, taking power lines down with them.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$1,000County dispatch relayed a report and photo from media of a tree down along the 1900 Block of Somerset Road in the vicinity of Allen House Lane. The picture showed a tree over phone lines.
August 2012Flash FloodPittsburg$1,000Standing water 2 to 3 feet deep surrounded a vehicle on a railroad underpass on Bullock Rd.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-A picture on social media showed a medium to large spruce yard tree snapped at the root near the intersection of Scott Lane and Pine Top Road.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-County dispatch reported tree blown down on North Laurel Road just north of the London city limits.
August 2021Flash FloodPittsburg-A portion of 1-75 was flooded between mile marker 36 and 41 in northern London.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-A tree was blown down on Robinson Road just north of London.
May 2007Flash FloodPittsburg-KY-3434 closed briefly due to high water.
September 2006Funnel CloudPittsburg-Funnel cloud almost reaching the ground.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-Winds of 60 mph were estimated by law enforcement.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-Winds of 60 mph were estimated by law enforcement.
March 2003HailPittsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laurel 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
East Bernstadt2.2 miles15
London2.4 miles15
Maplesville4.1 miles15
Sublimity City4.7 miles14
Bernstadt4.8 miles16
Green Mountain (historical)5.2 miles15
Oakley5.4 miles15
The Hazel Patch (historical)5.5 miles15

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 PittsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7199174The 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 514634. 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.