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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1916 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hyden West quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hyden West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Hyden West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
185 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | HIDIAWAY |
| 16 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
39 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | $10,000 | Trees down along parkway. |
| March 1997 | Hail | Thousandsticks | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | $8,000 | Numerous tree limbs were blown down. Winds were estimated at 60 mph. A one hour rainfall total of 1.5 inches was also noted. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | $7,000 | Trees were uprooted and a roof was damaged on the Hal Rogers Parkway near mile marker 38. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | $7,000 | Numerous 1 to 2 inch diameter limbs were torm from trees. Vertical rotation and wall cloud also observed, but no funnel cloud was spotted. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | $3,000 | A 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Thousandsticks | $1,000 | Two 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | $1,000 | A power line was blown down and onto a truck on Blossom Lane in Thousandsticks. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | - | Leslie county dispatch reported one tree blown down at the intersection of Osborne Fork and Upper Bull Creek roads. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | - | A tree was blown down and blocking one lane of Davidson Fork Road. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | A local sheriff observed nickel sized hail near Thousandsticks. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | - | A tree was blown down and power lines were brought down and onto a residence. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | - | A tree was broken in half and a metal sign was bent over on Hyden Spur Road. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | - | Trees were reported by down by estimated 70 mph winds. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Thousandsticks | - | Bull Creek Road was closed due to flash flooding. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Thousandsticks | - | This is a 24 hour total from noon on 7/17 to noon on 7/18. |
| February 2011 | Heavy Rain | Thousandsticks | - | 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 2011 | Heavy Rain | Thousandsticks | - | A 24 hour rainfall total of 0.95 inches was reported in Thousandsticks. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | - | There were trees and power lines blown down on Thousandsticks road in Thousandsticks. |
| February 2011 | Heavy Rain | Thousandsticks | - | One and two hundredths of an inch of rain fell in Thousandsticks. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Thousandsticks | - | A trained spotter measured 2.02 inches of rainfall in Thousandsticks over the past 24 hrs. |
| August 2009 | Flood | Thousandsticks | - | Big Valley Road was reported to be under water. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | Penny sized hail fell for about five minutes. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | Fifty to sixty mph winds also reported with small limbs down. |
| April 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Thousandsticks | - | Funnel cloud spotted in Thousandsticks. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | Quarter size hail reported. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | Hail cracked car windshield. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | - | Several large limbs down. |
| February 2003 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported along Osborne Fork. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousandsticks | - | Strong winds brought several trees down around the area. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Thousandsticks | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Thousandsticks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7797082 | 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 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.








