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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1935 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Science Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Science Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
15 since 2000Regional 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 burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PALLET FIRE |
| 13 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WARE ROAD FIRE |
| 28 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 February 2000 | Smoking | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $2,000 | Tree limbs the size of a persons arm were being blown down in the community of Pulaski south of Eubank. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Pulaski | $1,000 | Six inches of running water was flowing across the intersection of Highway's 1247 and 452 north of science hill. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $1,000 | A large limb was broken off of a walnut tree and blown down the street. Pea sized hail was almost entirely covering the ground. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $1,000 | A downed tree temporarily blocked Hwy 452 in Pulaski. |
| January 2022 | Flood | Pulaski | - | Etna Road is impassable due to flood waters in the community of Pulaski. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | - | The Department of Highways reported a tree down on East Todd Road near Pulaski, Kentucky. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | - | Trees were blown down onto powerlines on Etna Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | - | A trained spotter observed downed trees southeast of Eubank. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down on Smith Vaught Rd and the 9000 block of Highway 1247. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | - | Multiple trees were blown down throughout town. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Pulaski | - | Quarter size hail fell in Pulaski. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Pulaski | - | A trained spotter reported quarter to golf ball size hail. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Pulaski | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Hill | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Zion | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Floyd | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Etna | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Ansel | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Norwood | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Estesburg | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Hogue | 4.9 miles | 9 |
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.





