Beech Grove, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41143. It stands on Canoe Run. The Survey maps it on the Grayson quadrangle. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Grayson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Grayson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
182 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Beech Grove between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,900 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | AA HAYFIELD |
| 18 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 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 Beech Grove: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitchens Works | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beech Grove in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beech Grove | $2,000 | Trees were knocked down along Route 1 just south of Grayson. |
| February 2011 | Flood | Beech Grove | $1,000 | Canoe Run overflowed onto Damron Drive and portions of State Route 1. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Beech Grove | - | High water was observed on Damron Branch Road between Beech Grove and Grayson. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Beech Grove | - | South State Highway 1 was impassable due to high water at Damron Branch. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Hill | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Hitchins | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Grayson | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Stinson | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Leon | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| The Cross Roads (historical) | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Savage | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Straight Creek | 3.8 miles | 15 |
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 Beech Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622269 | 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 486711. 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.






