Ferguson, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Somerset census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42533. It stands on Allen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Somerset quadrangle. 886 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 935 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresFerguson grew from 881 to 886 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 881 | |
| 2010 | 924 | +43 (+5%) |
| 2020 | 886 | -38 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1935 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Ferguson between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,850 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 | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
| 17 June 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LISA |
| 27 April 2001 | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ferguson: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Creek Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Somerset Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferguson in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 2 tornado. 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 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Ferguson | $100,000 | A storm damage survey team consisting of officials from the National Weather Service in Jackson, KY and the Ferguson Fire Department confirmed damage from an EF-1 tornado in the Ferguson community. Touchdown occurred at a warehouse building on Waddle Street. The tornado traveled approximately 700 yards, destroying the warehouse, damaging the roofs of several homes and downing multiple trees along it's path. The warehouse building destroyed in this tornado received roof damage from the January 30th tornado as the two tornado tracks overlapped for a short distance. |
| January 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Ferguson | $5,000 | A storm damage survey team from the National Weather Service office in Jackson, KY confirmed an EF-0 tornado in Pulaski County around 630 am EST this morning, January 30th. Touchdown occurred in the Ferguson Community near the end of the runway of the Lake Cumberland Regional Airport. The tornado traveled a half mile through a residential area crossing Murphy Avenue near the Gover Lane intersection. Some roof and siding damage was noted to structures along the path. Several trees were also downed along the path and one tree fell across and destroyed a shed. This is the first documented tornado to occur during the month of January in the National Weather Service Jackson, KY forecast area. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | $5,000 | A resident of Ferguson sustained damage to her house and had trees blown down on her property due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | The county Emergency Manager reported a couple of damaged trees just southeast of Somerset, one uprooted and another broken midway up its trunk. A couple of trampolines were also blown around on Regal Drive. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | Trees were blown down near the intersection of Gover Lane and Murphy Avenue. |
| March 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Ferguson | - | A funnel cloud was spotted in Ferguson. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | A trained spotter reported wind gusts estimated at 60-70 mph 1/2 mile north of Somerset. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Ferguson | - | A funnel cloud was spotted between 522 and 537 am in Ferguson. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | Strong winds blew several trees down. One tree was reported down in downtown Somerset and one across Ringo Road. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Ferguson | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Ferguson | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Ferguson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prater (historical) | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Elihu | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bourbon | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Crockett (historical) | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Somerset | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Durham (historical) | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Hill | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Alcalde | 2.7 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 Ferguson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3172552 | 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 492026. 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.







