BlockBear Wallow, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 42749. It lies near Vaughn Knob. The Survey maps it on the Park quadrangle. It stands 692 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Horse Cave quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Horse Cave quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bear Wallow between 1999 and 2008, burning about 85 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 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 Bear Wallow: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Cave Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bear Wallow in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bear Wallow | - | There were several reports of downed trees across Barren County, especially in the northern part of the county. A tree was blown down across Hiseville Bear Wallow Road near Rock Springs Church Road. Other tree damage was reported along the 2600 block of North Jackson Highway and the 3800 block of Lecta Kino Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griderville | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hiseville | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Goodnight | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Park | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Halfway | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cave City | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Coral Hill | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Highland Springs | 9.1 miles | 22 |
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 Bear Wallow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4876593 | 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 507466. 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.