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Futrell, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Paducah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42001. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paducah West quadrangle.

Futrell within McCracken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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

25 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Futrell between 1997 and 2014, burning about 103 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
29 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 1999Smoking3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySOUTH FRIE
6 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFRIENDSHIP
19 July 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBUSCLAS
2 April 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCracken County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Futrell: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Massac County PitStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Metropolis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in McCracken County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Futrell in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindFutrell$15,000Power lines were downed onto a firetruck at Levin and Park Avenue in Paducah. Three telephone poles were down on Park Avenue near Noble Park. The time was estimated from radar.
March 2023Flash FloodFutrell-Flash flooding closed several roads in McCracken County. Kentucky 1255 was closed at the 1 to 2 mile marker, just west of the Kentucky 450 intersection. Kentucky 994 was closed at the 5.5 to 5.7 mile markers at the Kentucky 1410 intersection, due to flooding of Champion Creek. Kentucky 1410 was closed near Champion Creek from the 3.2 to 3.7 mile marker.
May 2018Flash FloodFutrell-Water was partially over U.S. Highway 62 on the west side of Paducah. Fast-moving floodwater from Champion Creek was flowing over Highway 994.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindFutrell-Wind gusts estimated up to 70 mph were observed at Exit #7 of Interstate 24.
March 2012Funnel CloudFutrell-A funnel cloud was reported at exit #11 of interstate 24.
April 2011Flash FloodFutrell-Water was flowing across a main city street in five places. Flash flooding was reported on numerous other roads and city streets.
March 2012HailFutrell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCracken 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
Cecil1.4 miles22
Concord1.5 miles22
High Point2.1 miles22
Maxon2.2 miles22
Hinkleville2.3 miles22
Avondale Heights2.5 miles22
Pleasant Grove (historical)2.5 miles22
Langs (historical)2.8 miles22

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 Q122560259The 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 508055. 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.