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.
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
Beatty-Newell Houselisted 1985
US Post Office-Bronstonlisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1932 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RADIO TOWE |
| 29 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RADIO TOWE |
| 23 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 June 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tateville Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Bronston | 2 hurt | NWS 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | $40,000 | Baseball size hail (2.75 inch diameter) damaged vehicles and homes. Trees were also down due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported a roof blown off of a trailer on Jacksboro Road in Bronston. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Bronston | $10,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | $1,000 | Power lines are downed in the community of Burnside at the intersection of Cliffside and Cumberland Drives. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | Pulaski County dispatch reported multiple trees blown down along KY-90 in the vicinity of Bronston. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | Pulaski county dispatch reported a tree blown down onto KY-790 at the sharp curve in Bronston. |
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Bronston | - | 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | Dispatch reported a couple of trees blown down from near Elihu on Cedar Grove Road to Antioch Avenue in Burnside. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | A tree was blown down on Old Waitsboro Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | Trees were blown down on Jacksboro Road. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | Several trees were blown down and condos were damaged at the Woodson Bend resort. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Bronston | - | Quarter size hail was observed in Bronston. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | A tree was blown down on Denny Lane. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | A tree was blown down on Twin Rivers Drive. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Bronston | - | Nickel sized hail was reported near Bronston. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | A few trees down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | Severe thunderstorm winds brought trees down blocking a road. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bronston | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Bronston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnside | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Quinton | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Grove | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tateville | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Waite (historical) | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Durham (historical) | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Shafter | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Elihu | 4.5 miles | 11 |
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 Bronston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4974060 | 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 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.





