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Guston, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Brandenburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40142. The Survey maps it on the Guston quadrangle. It stands 709 feet above sea level.

Guston within Meade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

15 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Guston between 2003 and 2017, burning about 65 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2009Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRADIO TOWER HILL RD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guston in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2017Thunderstorm WindGuston$20,000Trained spotters reported home damage due to severe thunderstorm winds.
March 2012Tornado (EF0)Guston$2,000This weak EF-0 tornado was photographed from Ekron, looking southwestward. It touched down around 1 mile west of the intersection of Routes 60 and 428. It blew out a porch off the side of a house and damaged a sign of a business along Route 60. Damage was consistent with 75 mph winds.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindGuston-There were trees down in the area of US 60 and State Road 428.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGuston-Multiple trees were blown down or uprooted by strong winds, with some trees leaning on homes.
November 2019Flash FloodGuston-Water was flowing over Streamtown Road, Highway 941.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGuston-A tree was downed and laying on Highway 60 near the Breckinridge County line.
April 2002Tornado (F0)Guston-The tornado crossed into Meade County from Breckinridge County. Numerous trees were uprooted.
May 2003HailGuston-no account filed
November 2000HailGuston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meade 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
Haysville1.3 miles14
Hillgrove3.2 miles14
Ekron3.4 miles14
Midway4.2 miles14
Buck Grove5.3 miles14
Johnstown (historical)5.8 miles14
Garrett5.8 miles16
Maples Corner6.2 miles14

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 GustonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5621642The 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 493504. 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.