BlockBeetle, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Willard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41143. It stands on Leadingham Branch. The Survey maps it on the Willard quadrangle. It stands 650 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 Willard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Beetle between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,335 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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 | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRAYSON LA |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beetle in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Heavy Rain | Beetle | 1 killed, $12,000 | Little Fork was swollen, but not flooding, near its junction with the feeder stream called Leadingham Branch. Rains of 1 to 1.5 inches likely had fallen in the vicinity over the past 24 hours. A lull in the rain occurred during the late afternoon and early evening. ||During the early evening, a 73 year male tried to drive his small vehicle across a low water bridge along the dead end gravel road leading to his home. He was a long time resident there. The low water bridge was a concrete slab in the bed of the creek. There were small pipes embedded in the concrete to handle low stream flow. The vehicle was swept off the bridge. The vehicle was not found until the 2nd of May, when water levels were lower. His body was found inside the vehicle. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beetle | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beetle | $1,500 | A tree blew down onto power lines along Hilton Branch 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch (historical) | 0.1 miles | 15 | |
| Willard | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Johns Run | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Jeriel | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sophi | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Reedville | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Gollihue | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Davy Run (historical) | 4.8 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 Beetle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4880199 | 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 507485. 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.