BlockFerguson, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42265. It stands on Dry Fork. The Survey maps it on the Russellville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ferguson in 2007, burning about 233 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 230 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferguson in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | $15,000 | A survey concluded that straight line winds of around 75 mph destroyed a barn along State Highway 1041 one mile southeast of its intersection with Highway 79. Several trees were downed in this area along with minor roof or siding damage to a house in this area. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Ferguson | - | There was water over Highway 79 near Joe Smith Road. Caldwell Street was also closed in Russellville. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | A couple trees were blown down on Johnson Young Road. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | Dispatch reported that a tree was down across Old Volney Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Springs | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Old Volney | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Dripping Spring (historical) | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Olmstead | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lickskillet | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Whippoorwill | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Post Oak (historical) | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Johnstown (historical) | 3.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507990. 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.