Buechel, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Southeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40218. The Survey maps it on the Louisville East quadrangle.
On record in Buechel
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 8 records
- Patrick Bannon Houselisted 1980
- Levin Bates Houselisted 1980
- Gaar-Fenton Houselisted 1983
- Abraham Hite Houselisted 1980
- Hite-Chenoweth Houselisted 1980
- Snapp Houselisted 1980
- Zodia Stivers Houselisted 1980
- Taggart Houselisted 1980
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Hikes Place, Route 7, Buechelfederal building survey, 7 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1907 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Louisville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Louisville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Louisville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Louisville East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Louisville East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Buechel in 2001, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 October 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 Buechel: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Crushed Stone Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buechel in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Buechel | $100,000 | A tree fell on a home in Newburg. |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Buechel | $50,000 | An EF-1 tornado touched down just to the north of the intersection of Hurstbourne Parkway and Stony Brook Drive. It traveled northeast along Stony Brook Drive and lifted near the intersection of Stony Brook and Laverne Drive. Numerous trees were snapped along it path. Siding and shingles were blown off of multiple houses. On Michael Edward Drive, a garage door was blown in on a detached garage. The roof of this house was lifted and shifted a foot. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Buechel | $2,000 | Quarter size hail broke windows along Bardstown Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Buechel | - | Metrosafe reported tree damage and power outages in the Buechel area. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | West Buechel | - | Fire department performed water rescues of residents stranded by flash flooding. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buechel | - | There was a large tree across Eldorado Avenue in Buechel. |
| October 2013 | Flash Flood | West Buechel | - | Several roads were flooded around Medford Lane and Livermore Place. |
| April 2011 | Hail | West Buechel | - | The hail fell between 11:07 and 11:22 am. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buechel | - | A telephone pole was downed on Hikes Lane. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Buechel | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Petersburg | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bon Air Estates | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Highgate Springs | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Watterson Park | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Wellington | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Strathmoor Gardens | 2.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 488292. 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.









