BlockKingston, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Richmond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40403. It stands on Pleasant Run. The Survey maps it on the Moberly quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Kingston between 1999 and 2014, burning about 54 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRAVEL LIC |
| 25 June 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingston in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | $10,000 | Trees were downed and a building was destroyed. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | Social media post shows a tree down in Richmond Battlefield Park. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Kingston | - | There was high water on Battlefield Memorial near Kingston Elementary. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Kingston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobtown | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Crooksville (historical) | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Terrill | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Whites | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Farristown | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Speedwell | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Dreyfus | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Peytontown | 4.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 495769. 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.