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Thousandsticks, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hyden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41749. It stands on Thousandsticks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hyden West quadrangle. It stands 961 feet above sea level.

Thousandsticks within Leslie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Thousandsticks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,109 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 56 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 burning58
Arson/incendiarism56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Recreation and ceremony15
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
26 September 2007Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 August 1999Natural1.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestHIDIAWAY
16 August 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 July 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leslie County

Storms near this place

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thousandsticks in 39 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 16 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 heavy rain, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks$10,000Trees down along parkway.
March 1997HailThousandsticks$10,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks$8,000Numerous tree limbs were blown down. Winds were estimated at 60 mph. A one hour rainfall total of 1.5 inches was also noted.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks$7,000Trees were uprooted and a roof was damaged on the Hal Rogers Parkway near mile marker 38.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks$7,000Numerous 1 to 2 inch diameter limbs were torm from trees. Vertical rotation and wall cloud also observed, but no funnel cloud was spotted.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks$3,000A volunteer weather observer reported that approximately 20 tree limbs had been blown down in his yard. Four of the limbs measured 6 inches in diameter.
July 2015Flash FloodThousandsticks$1,000Two to three feet of swiftly moving water was observed flowing across Pebble Creek Road and over the bridge at the mouth of Osborne Fork Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks$1,000A power line was blown down and onto a truck on Blossom Lane in Thousandsticks.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks-Leslie county dispatch reported one tree blown down at the intersection of Osborne Fork and Upper Bull Creek roads.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks-A tree was blown down and blocking one lane of Davidson Fork Road.
April 2020HailThousandsticks-A local sheriff observed nickel sized hail near Thousandsticks.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks-A tree was blown down and power lines were brought down and onto a residence.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks-A tree was broken in half and a metal sign was bent over on Hyden Spur Road.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks-Trees were reported by down by estimated 70 mph winds.
May 2013Flash FloodThousandsticks-Bull Creek Road was closed due to flash flooding.
July 2012Heavy RainThousandsticks-This is a 24 hour total from noon on 7/17 to noon on 7/18.
February 2011Heavy RainThousandsticks-Some minor flooding from ditches and culverts was occurring as water was backing up onto roadways. An observer also reported 1.68 inches of rain during the day on Monday.
March 2011Heavy RainThousandsticks-A 24 hour rainfall total of 0.95 inches was reported in Thousandsticks.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks-There were trees and power lines blown down on Thousandsticks road in Thousandsticks.
February 2011Heavy RainThousandsticks-One and two hundredths of an inch of rain fell in Thousandsticks.
August 2010Heavy RainThousandsticks-A trained spotter measured 2.02 inches of rainfall in Thousandsticks over the past 24 hrs.
August 2009FloodThousandsticks-Big Valley Road was reported to be under water.
April 2008HailThousandsticks-Penny sized hail fell for about five minutes.
June 2007HailThousandsticks-Fifty to sixty mph winds also reported with small limbs down.
April 2007Funnel CloudThousandsticks-Funnel cloud spotted in Thousandsticks.
April 2007HailThousandsticks-Quarter size hail reported.
April 2006HailThousandsticks-Hail cracked car windshield.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks-Several large limbs down.
February 2003HailThousandsticks-Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported along Osborne Fork.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindThousandsticks-Strong winds brought several trees down around the area.
June 2007HailThousandsticks-no account filed
June 2007HailThousandsticks-no account filed
June 2006HailThousandsticks-no account filed
May 2003HailThousandsticks-no account filed
May 2000HailThousandsticks-no account filed
August 2000HailThousandsticks-no account filed
August 2000HailThousandsticks-no account filed
January 1999HailThousandsticks-no account filed
January 1997HailThousandsticks-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Leslie 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
Jason2.9 miles15
Hyden3.4 miles14
Kaliopi3.4 miles15
Dryhill3.7 miles15
Sizerock4.3 miles15
Bobs Fork5.0 miles13
Lower McIntosh (historical)5.3 miles14
Wendover5.4 miles14

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 ThousandsticksAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7797082The 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 515934. 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.