BlockBuchanan, Kentucky
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Louisa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41129. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prichard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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
- 1911 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:48000
- 1913 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Prichard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Prichard quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Buchanan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,968 acres in total. None started naturally. 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CENTERVILLE RD |
| 23 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | LOCK HILL |
| 9 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | DAVIS BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buchanan in 1 storm report in 2005: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buchanan | - | Trees fell across Route 707. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockville (historical) | 0.1 miles | 25 | |
| Mouth of Bear (historical) | 0.1 miles | 25 | |
| Zelda | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Greenwood (historical) | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Fullers | 5.4 miles | 24 | |
| Stringtown | 5.6 miles | 24 | |
| Fallsburg | 5.8 miles | 24 | |
| Potters (historical) | 6.2 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 488179. 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.