Luner, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mount Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40445. It stands on Little Trace Branch. The Survey maps it on the Billows quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Billows quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
235 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Luner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,995 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 87 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 | 87 |
| Debris and open burning | 82 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CROMER RIDGE |
| 18 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Luner: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Luner in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Flood | Luner | $1,000 | The entire length of KY 1329 was impassable due to flooding. |
| January 2022 | Flood | Luner | - | KY-1329 is closed between mile markers 0 and 5 due to high water southwest of Livingston. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pongo | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bloss | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Livingston | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hansford | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Wellhope | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sand Springs | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Hill | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sinks | 7.2 miles | 15 |
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 Q122548649 | The 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 513733. 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.





