Foxport, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Flemingsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41093. It lies near Sugar Loaf Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Burtonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Burtonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Foxport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | BOAT GUNNEL |
| 6 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEECHY CREEK |
| 15 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 344 |
| 1 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEECHY CREEK ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Foxport in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Foxport | - | Multiple trees were blown down on Prater Road near the Mount Carmel community. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Foxport | - | Water was coming into homes in Foxport and over area roadways. Some residents were forced to evacuate their homes. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Foxport | - | Water was reported over Hwy 344 in front of the Baptist Church in Foxport. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Foxport | - | Six inches of water was flowing over Beechy Creek Road. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Foxport | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasureville | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Carmel | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Pea Ridge (historical) | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Beechburg | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Dalesburg | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Wallingford | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Poplar Grove | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Carpentersville (historical) | 5.0 miles | 8 |
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 Q122598643 | 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 492418. 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.



