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Pittsburgh, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Owingsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40360. It stands on Cow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Owingsville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pittsburgh within Bath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Pittsburgh (historical) between 1999 and 2017, burning about 52 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
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
25 April 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 April 2016Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryNORTH CONVICT RD
1 April 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryPEASTICKS
23 March 2007Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 November 2017Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySTEPSTONE RD
15 November 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 November 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWYOMING ROAD
22 October 2008Railroad operations and maintenance12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bath 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 Pittsburgh (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Clover Creek Iron TractIronProspect

Every working recorded in Bath 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
White Oak0.4 miles9
Harpers (historical)2.0 miles9
Reynoldsville2.6 miles9
East Fork (historical)2.9 miles9
Upper Prickly Ash (historical)2.9 miles9
Whickliffe Forge (historical)3.5 miles10
Slate Valley3.5 miles10
Owingsville3.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2416474. 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.