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Bronston, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Burnside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42518. It stands on Pitman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burnside quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.

Bronston within Pulaski County

On record in Bronston

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

62 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Bronston between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,506 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning27
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
16 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 August 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 June 2012Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRADIO TOWE
29 June 2012Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRADIO TOWE
23 June 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 June 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 June 2007Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski 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 Bronston: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tateville MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

20 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bronston in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
May 2022Tornado (EF1)Bronston2 hurtNWS verified an EF-1 tornado that touched down on Hardwick Road in Bronston, and moved northeast, lifting in the community of Antioch. Two injuries were sustained when a mobile home was flipped on Hardwick Road. The tornado had maximum winds of 110 mph with a path length of just over 3 miles and a path width of 100 yards. A video of the tornado 1 mile NNW of Tateville was also posted on social media.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindBronston$40,000Baseball size hail (2.75 inch diameter) damaged vehicles and homes. Trees were also down due to severe thunderstorm winds.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBronston$10,000A trained spotter reported a roof blown off of a trailer on Jacksboro Road in Bronston.
January 1998Flash FloodBronston$10,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindBronston$1,000Power lines are downed in the community of Burnside at the intersection of Cliffside and Cumberland Drives.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindBronston-Pulaski County dispatch reported multiple trees blown down along KY-90 in the vicinity of Bronston.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBronston-Pulaski county dispatch reported a tree blown down onto KY-790 at the sharp curve in Bronston.
February 2019Heavy RainBronston-The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Kentucky State Emergency Management reported near-record water levels on Lake Cumberland. This resulted in the closure of a few marinas near Burnside, as well as nearby roads.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindBronston-Dispatch reported a couple of trees blown down from near Elihu on Cedar Grove Road to Antioch Avenue in Burnside.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBronston-A tree was blown down on Old Waitsboro Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBronston-Trees were blown down on Jacksboro Road.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindBronston-Several trees were blown down and condos were damaged at the Woodson Bend resort.
July 2014HailBronston-Quarter size hail was observed in Bronston.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBronston-A tree was blown down on Denny Lane.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBronston-A tree was blown down on Twin Rivers Drive.
April 2008HailBronston-Nickel sized hail was reported near Bronston.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindBronston-A few trees down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBronston-Severe thunderstorm winds brought trees down blocking a road.
June 2006HailBronston-no account filed
May 2002HailBronston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Burnside1.2 miles12
Quinton2.3 miles11
Cedar Grove2.4 miles11
Tateville2.6 miles12
Waite (historical)3.3 miles10
Durham (historical)4.0 miles11
Shafter4.1 miles10
Elihu4.5 miles11

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 BronstonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4974060The 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 510939. 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.