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Beelerton, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42041. It stands on Pond Branch. The Survey maps it on the Crutchfield quadrangle.

Beelerton within Hickman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

37 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Beelerton between 1997 and 2016, burning about 739 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1

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
7 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance500 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2008Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2015Railroad operations and maintenance11 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMURCHERSON ROAD FIRE
16 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCORNFIELD
15 September 2010Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMOON BURN
6 August 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCRUTHFIELD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hickman County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beelerton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bards PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hickman County

Storms near this place

11 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beelerton in 11 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail. 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
August 2023Tornado (EF1)Beelerton$100,000This EF-1 tornado began with a cluster of damage along Kentucky 307 just south of Johnson Rd, including on Bizzle Road and Laine Road. Around two dozen trees were blown down, and a grain bin was destroyed on Laine Road. This was the strongest and widest portion of the tornado track. The tornado proceeded northeastward, with damage to a portion of a tree line south of Johnson Road. Large branches and smaller limbs were found on Rushton Road and Kentucky 1529. A tree fell on a house along Highway 1529. A large section of a tree fell onto a home on Wilson Road. The tornado appeared to have lifted shortly after crossing Wilson Road. Peak winds were estimated near 105 mph.
February 2011Tornado (EF1)Beelerton$60,000The tornado crossed into Hickman County from Fulton County, then crossed U.S. Highway 45 and the Purchase Parkway. Trees and power poles were snapped off. A barn was destroyed. Shingles were blown off houses. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph. The average path width was 100 yards. The tornado then exited into Graves County south of Water Valley.
April 2022Tornado (EF0)Beelerton$45,000Several farm outbuildings sustained partial or complete loss of metal roofing. A carport was damaged. Some trees were down. Peak winds were estimated around 80 mph.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBeelerton$30,000On Highway 1529 just west of Highway 307, thunderstorm winds damaged a barn and took down a number of trees and tree limbs. A couple of small to medium-size trees were uprooted. A very large oak tree was snapped. One of the trees landed on a corner of a house roof, causing moderate damage. Part of the wall of a large barn or shed was blown down.
May 2011FloodBeelerton$30,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBeelerton$10,000Wind gusts were estimated near 60 mph. Tree limbs and small trees were blown down.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindBeelerton$1,000A tree was down over I-69 southbound.
June 2024FloodBeelerton-Heavy rainfall with radar estimated 1-hr totals of 1-1.5 inch resulted in water covering a portion of KY-307 north of Fulton.
January 2020FloodBeelerton-Roads that are typically flooded after heavy rainfall were closed.
May 2019HailBeelerton-no account filed
April 2011FloodBeelerton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hickman 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
Wesley (historical)0.4 miles9
East Beelerton0.6 miles10
Enon3.4 miles10
Fulgham4.1 miles10
Bugg6.5 miles10
Nichols6.9 miles10
Clinton7.8 miles10
Moscow8.2 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122562683The 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 507484. 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.