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Pulaski, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Science Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42567. It lies near Dungan Knob. The Survey maps it on the Science Hill quadrangle.

Pulaski within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Mill Springs National Cemetery, 9044 West Highway 80, Nancy, Pulaski County, KY
Mill Springs National Cemetery, 9044 West Highway 80, Nancy, Pulaski County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

15 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Pulaski between 2000 and 2015, burning about 74 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPALLET FIRE
13 April 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryWARE ROAD FIRE
28 March 2001Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2009Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 February 2000Smoking15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

13 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pulaski in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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
February 2011Thunderstorm WindPulaski$2,000Tree limbs the size of a persons arm were being blown down in the community of Pulaski south of Eubank.
July 2014Flash FloodPulaski$1,000Six inches of running water was flowing across the intersection of Highway's 1247 and 452 north of science hill.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPulaski$1,000A large limb was broken off of a walnut tree and blown down the street. Pea sized hail was almost entirely covering the ground.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPulaski$1,000A downed tree temporarily blocked Hwy 452 in Pulaski.
January 2022FloodPulaski-Etna Road is impassable due to flood waters in the community of Pulaski.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPulaski-The Department of Highways reported a tree down on East Todd Road near Pulaski, Kentucky.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPulaski-Trees were blown down onto powerlines on Etna Road.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindPulaski-A trained spotter observed downed trees southeast of Eubank.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPulaski-Several trees and power lines were blown down on Smith Vaught Rd and the 9000 block of Highway 1247.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindPulaski-Multiple trees were blown down throughout town.
April 2011HailPulaski-Quarter size hail fell in Pulaski.
July 2009HailPulaski-A trained spotter reported quarter to golf ball size hail.
March 2012HailPulaski-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Science Hill2.2 miles9
Mount Zion2.6 miles9
Floyd3.0 miles8
Etna3.3 miles9
Ansel3.8 miles9
Norwood4.0 miles9
Estesburg4.1 miles7
Hogue4.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 501423. 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.