BlockFariston, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the London census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40744. It stands on Locke Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lily quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Lily quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lily quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Lily quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Fariston between 1997 and 2019, burning about 298 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BLAKELY LANE |
| 3 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fariston in 10 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fariston | $2,000 | Laurel county dispatch reported a tree down along with electrical wires, causing a fire about midway along Sasser School Road, just southeast of London. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Fariston | $1,000 | Court Rd was flooded. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fariston | $300 | A large tree was blown down onto a trampoline and fence enclosure near Levi Jackson State Park. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fariston | - | Laurel County dispatch reported a couple of trees downed near the intersection of Sasser School Road and Shields Lane in London. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Fariston | - | Picture on social media showed approximately quarter-sized (1.00 inch) hail at Levi Jackson Wilderness Park. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Fariston | - | The public reported approximately quarter-sized (1.00 inch) hail near Fariston. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Fariston | - | A picture on social media showed up to penny-sized hail near Levi Jackson State Park. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fariston | - | A tree was blown down and onto Hwy 229 in London. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fariston | - | Trees were down onto Hwy 229 and several other roads across the county. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Fariston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sublimity City | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Grove | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Boreing | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lily | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lesbas | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Laurel River Neighborhood | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Brock | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| London | 4.3 miles | 15 |
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 Q122548778 | 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 512132. 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.