Strunk, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Pine Knot census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42649. It stands on Chewford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winfield quadrangle. It stands 1,427 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Winfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Winfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
75 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Strunk between 1993 and 2017, burning about 1,772 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | PINE KNOT |
| 24 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BACKBONE |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TRAMMEL RO |
| 15 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | PAUNCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strunk in 14 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 heavy rain, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strunk | $3,000 | Trees were blown down on Rock Creek Rd, Whirly Circle, and Lum Strunk Rd. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strunk | $1,000 | Four to 5 inch diameter tree limbs were broken off by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strunk | - | A tree was reported down across Murphy Ridge Road near the community of Strunk. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strunk | - | The McCreary County 911 Call Center reported a tree down along Mount Pleasant Road west of Strunk. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Strunk | - | Tea cup size hail was observed in the community of Marsh Creek. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Strunk | - | Baseball size hail was observed in the community of Murphy Ridge. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Strunk | - | Quarter size hail was observed near Strunk. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Strunk | - | Golf ball size hail was observed near Strunk. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Strunk | - | A trained spotter reported that 4.9 inches of rain fell near Strunk in less than two hours. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strunk | - | A large tree, 18-24 inches in diameter, was broke off approximately 4 feet off the ground along Hwy 1470 E. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Strunk | - | A measured of rainfall of 2.70 inches occurred near Strunk. March Creek was running high but within its banks. |
| January 2002 | Flash Flood | Strunk | - | Water was reported over the road on Kentucky highway 1470 by the 24 Hour Warning Point. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strunk | - | Several trees were blown down. Also, three quarter inch diameter hail was reported. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Strunk | - | 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.
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 Strunk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7625397 | 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 515763. 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.






