Boone Furnace, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Carter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41143. It lies near Whitehouse Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Tygarts Valley quadrangle.
On record in Boone Furnace
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Boone Furnace, Boone Furnacefederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1950 USGS Tygarts Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Tygarts Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
108 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Boone Furnace between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,139 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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 | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 May 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Boone Furnace: 8 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brushy Creek Clay | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Fultz Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gesling Open Pit Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Jordan Clay Strip Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Messer Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ramey Zorne Branch Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Stafford Hill Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Strickland Tract Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Wesley Corn Mine | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boone Furnace in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Boone Furnace | $2,300,000 | Significant flash flooding occurred in multiple spots across the county. Some of the first reports came from Carter Caves State Park where James Branch began flooding after 1.5 inches of rain in just over an hour. At the Carter County Fairgrounds, hundreds of folks were gathered for a music festival, many of whom were camping on the grounds. Barrett Creek, which runs next to the fairgrounds flooded, resulting in 139 campers and/or tow vehicles being damaged or totaled. Water rescues were performed, but fortunately there were no flood related injuries or deaths. Three sheriff cruisers were also totaled by the flood waters. Additional flooding occurred in Grayson and Olive Hill, where multiple houses were flooded. There was also flooding along US Route 60 and at the intersection of State Routes 654 and 854 near the Boyd County line. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Boone Furnace | $100,000 | Following flash flooding earlier in the day, multiple waterways remained out of their banks into the afternoon. This included Tygarts Creek in Olive Hill and the Little Sandy River around Grayson. Many roads remained closed due to high water. Several homes remained surrounded by water. |
| December 2019 | Flood | Boone Furnace | $10,000 | Multiple local creeks and streams flooded. Highway 1 was closed near Damron Branch due to flooding along Canoe Run. Williams Creek flooded, causing high water in the Rush area along Route 1654.||The Little Sandy River near Grayson also flooded. The river gage showed the river rising above its 21 foot flood stage very early on the 17th. The river crested around 22.5 feet at 9 o'clock that morning, and returned to its banks that evening. This caused flooding on State Routes 773 and 1919, as well as in the Dixie Park area. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Boone Furnace | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Carter | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Smiths Creek | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Gesling | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Eby | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Rooney | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Wesleyville | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Charlotte Furnace | 6.1 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q19600562 | 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 507552. 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.




