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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.

Strunk within McCreary County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

Fires near this place

75 since 1993

Regional 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/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning27
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2007Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestPINE KNOT
24 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestBACKBONE
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1999Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 June 2012Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTRAMMEL RO
15 May 2007Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestPAUNCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCreary County

Storms near this place

14 since 2002

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Thunderstorm WindStrunk$3,000Trees were blown down on Rock Creek Rd, Whirly Circle, and Lum Strunk Rd.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindStrunk$1,000Four to 5 inch diameter tree limbs were broken off by thunderstorm wind gusts.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindStrunk-A tree was reported down across Murphy Ridge Road near the community of Strunk.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindStrunk-The McCreary County 911 Call Center reported a tree down along Mount Pleasant Road west of Strunk.
July 2014HailStrunk-Tea cup size hail was observed in the community of Marsh Creek.
July 2014HailStrunk-Baseball size hail was observed in the community of Murphy Ridge.
July 2014HailStrunk-Quarter size hail was observed near Strunk.
July 2014HailStrunk-Golf ball size hail was observed near Strunk.
August 2013Heavy RainStrunk-A trained spotter reported that 4.9 inches of rain fell near Strunk in less than two hours.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindStrunk-A large tree, 18-24 inches in diameter, was broke off approximately 4 feet off the ground along Hwy 1470 E.
June 2011Heavy RainStrunk-A measured of rainfall of 2.70 inches occurred near Strunk. March Creek was running high but within its banks.
January 2002Flash FloodStrunk-Water was reported over the road on Kentucky highway 1470 by the 24 Hour Warning Point.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindStrunk-Several trees were blown down. Also, three quarter inch diameter hail was reported.
May 2011HailStrunk-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCreary 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
Pine Knot2.0 miles16
Creekmore3.8 miles16
Gilreath4.4 miles16
Hickory Grove4.6 miles16
Revelo4.7 miles16
Stearns5.8 miles16
Hollyhill6.2 miles16
Barthell6.6 miles9

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 StrunkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7625397The 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.