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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Hail quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Hail quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
121 since 1993Regional 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/incendiarism | 84 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | JUST BEGAN |
| 9 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | TIRE |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Natural | 8.2 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CAMPBELL BRANCH |
| 9 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | MILL CREEK |
| 25 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | HICKS PERRY COMPLEX |
| 19 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | DEAD DOG FIRE |
| 11 May 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 31 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BUCK KNOB EAST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Bauer | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Honeybee | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Greenwood | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Beulah Heights | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Wiborg | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Flat Rock | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Nevelsville | 9.0 miles | 12 |
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.






