BlockBellwood, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bardstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40004. It stands on Downs Run. The Survey maps it on the Cravens quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1949 USGS Cravens quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cravens quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Cravens quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Cravens quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Bellwood between 1997 and 2013, burning about 122 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BURBA RD. FIRE |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHEELER FIRE |
| 21 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 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 Bellwood: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson County Highway Dept. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellwood in 2 storm reports between 2024 and 2026: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellwood | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey on Thursday, March 19th for the storms that occurred early Monday morning, March 16th. Straight line winds were determined to have occurred in Nelson County near the Bardstown area with max winds|of 80 MPH.||Damage to trees occurred along the Bluegrass Parkway southwest of Bardstown, including trees damaged in an isolated nature within Bardstown city limits. South of Bardstown there was damage to trees and some structure, including a building at the Nelson County Fairgrounds and a barn with extensive roof loss along Highway 31E. |All damage was facing to the northeast, which is consistent with the storm motion and indicative of straight line winds. No rotational signatures were observed by the survey team. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellwood | - | Trees were down near Bluegrass Parkway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cravens | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| West Bardstown (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| South Bardstown (historical) | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bardstown | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Balltown | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Withrow | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hunters | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Bourbon Springs | 5.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507492. 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.