BlockBennettstown, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42236. The Survey maps it on the Herndon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Herndon quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Herndon quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Herndon quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Herndon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bennettstown between 2007 and 2010, burning about 88 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STIGED TAIL |
| 18 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 48 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 April 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 November 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 29 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 Bennettstown: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model Prospect | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bennettstown in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bennettstown | $10,000 | A three-sided lean-to barn was blown across a road. Four greenhouses were damaged. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bennettstown | $5,000 | Trees were downed at a rural residence, and debris was in the yard. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Bennettstown | - | Numerous showers and storms tracked across southern Christian County for an extended period of time. Radar estimated hourly rainfall between one half and one inch. This resulted in heavy rainfall totals that caused parts of Highway 117 to go under water. A tributary of the west fork of the Red River went out of its banks along Highway 115 between Pembroke and Fairview. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephenson | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| LaFayette | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Flat Lick (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| La Fayette | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Herndon | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Howel | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Garrettsburg | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Binns Mill | 4.7 miles | 8 |
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 Q116776105 | 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 486867. 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.