Foster, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Foster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41043. It stands on Lick Run. The Survey maps it on the Moscow quadrangle. It stands 528 feet above sea level.
On record in Foster
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
Bradford School Houselisted 2003- Bold Houselisted 2017
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1931 USGS Felicity quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Moscow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Moscow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Moscow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Foster between 2002 and 2007, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 11 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 Foster: 1 plant, 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black River Mining Limekiln | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium | Plant | ||
| Pendleton County Underground | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Foster in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Foster | $20,000 | A portion of the AA Highway near Foster was washed out. Western Route 8 also had high water and Ruf Road was washed out. |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Foster | $20,000 | Holts creek road was impassible south of the AA Highway due to high water over the road caused by heavy rainfall. A house along the road was also flooded. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foster | $5,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foster | $5,000 | Numerous trees were downed in the Foster area. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foster | $5,000 | Several reports of downed trees were received in the Foster Area. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foster | $5,000 | A barn was destroyed. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Foster | $3,000 | A few trees were knocked down along with the large hail. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foster | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foster | $1,000 | A couple of trees were downed on Route 8 due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2012 | Flood | Foster | $1,000 | High water due to heavy rainfall was reported on Holts Creek Road. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Foster | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Grove | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bradford | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lenoxburg | 4.0 miles | 6 | |
| Johnsville | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wellsburg | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rock Springs | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Woolcott | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Berlin | 7.7 miles | 6 |
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 Foster | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5857286 | 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 517057. 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.






