BlockBuck Grove, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Flaherty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40108. The Survey maps it on the Guston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1941 USGS Ekron quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Ekron quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Guston quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Guston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Guston quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Buck Grove between 2001 and 2014, 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOBBS LANE |
| 2 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buck Grove in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Buck Grove | $50,000 | A storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado with estimated 80 mph winds and a width of 200 yards struck Meade County around 5.7 miles southeast of Brandenburg. Initially, this tornado touched down in a grove of trees near the end of Kurtz Drive. It then damaged several homes on Kurtz Drive and near the intersection of Thornhill Drive and Gaines Road. One owner of a home east of Gaines Road mentioned that water was evacuated from all 4 toilets as the tornado passed by. Local residents reported a loud roar. Another home along Gaines Road has its front door pulled off. Before lifting right off Tom Cain Road, the tornado damaged a small shed. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buck Grove | - | A large tree was blown down near the intersection of Dave Smith Road and Sunny Lane. |
| July 2014 | Flood | Buck Grove | - | Buck Grove Road became briefly impassable due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstown (historical) | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Garrett | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Doe Valley | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Ekron | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hog Wallow | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Hillgrove | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Brandenburg Station | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lickskillet | 3.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507604. 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.