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Funston, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Parkers Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42634. It lies near Swain Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Hail quadrangle.

Funston within McCreary County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

121 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Funston between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,880 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 84 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/incendiarism84
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestJUST BEGAN
9 September 1999Arson/incendiarism21 acresDaniel Boone National ForestTIRE
28 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 September 2011Natural8.2 acresDaniel Boone National ForestCAMPBELL BRANCH
9 May 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestMILL CREEK
25 May 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestHICKS PERRY COMPLEX
19 May 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestDEAD DOG FIRE
11 May 2000Railroad operations and maintenance31 acresDaniel Boone National ForestBUCK KNOB EAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCreary County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sawyer2.9 miles16
Bauer3.3 miles17
Honeybee4.2 miles16
Greenwood5.0 miles16
Beulah Heights6.6 miles16
Wiborg7.5 miles16
Flat Rock8.1 miles16
Nevelsville9.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512265. 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.