Bluff Boom, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Greensburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42743. It lies near Marcum Island. The Survey maps it on the Greensburg quadrangle. It stands 581 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Bluff Boom between 1999 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MARSHALL RIDGE ROAD |
| 9 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LEMONS BEND RD. FIRE |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAMPBELLSVILLE HWY |
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 Bluff Boom: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bluff Boom in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bluff Boom | - | State officials reported 2 trees down at the intersection of Ralph Vaughn Road and Jess Nunn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewood | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Black Gnat | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Greensburg | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Roachville | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Summersville | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Gresham | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Thurlow | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Gabe | 6.3 miles | 10 |
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 Bluff Boom | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15200442 | 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 507539. 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.




