Buckeye, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lancaster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40444. It stands on Montgomery Branch. The Survey maps it on the Buckeye quadrangle. It stands 955 feet above sea level.
On record in Buckeye
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- John Hutcherson Houselisted 1983
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Buckeye quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Buckeye between 1999 and 2016, burning about 48 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 November 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 November 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DRY BRANCH |
| 18 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 October 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BACK CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckeye in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | 3 hurt, $80,000 | A tied down house trailer was rolled about 100 feet into the middle of a road and was destroyed. The adult female and 2 children that were in the home at the time were treated for minor injuries. Also, damage occurred to several homes and barns. Trees were downed. The wind was strong enough to push large rolled bales of hay down a hill. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | There were trees down on Oscar Ray and Tommy Murphy Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down in the area. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Buckeye | - | Hail stones as large as baseballs were reported by the Garrard County Emergency Manager. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | A tree fell on a house in Buckeye, near the Madison County line. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teatersville | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Stone | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| McCreary | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Judson | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Three Forks | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Nina | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Guy (historical) | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Hebron (historical) | 5.5 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 Buckeye | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4983050 | 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 507605. 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.





