BlockBuel, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Livermore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42327. The Survey maps it on the Glenville quadrangle. It stands 436 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Sutherland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Glenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Buel between 1998 and 2012, burning about 186 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KNOBS #1 |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 38 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOUSE |
| 14 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONE OAK |
| 30 March 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 November 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEAD TREE |
| 8 November 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LAWN MOWER |
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 Buel: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H M Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buel in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2007 | Flood | Buel | $10,000 | At the river gage at Calhoun, the Green River crested at 28.02 feet on the 18th. This was a moderate flood. Flood stage is 23 feet. Several county roads were closed. Kentucky Highway 85 near Island was closed, along with West Second Street in Rumsey. A couple of streets in Livermore were closed. Some of the least travelled gravel farm roads were closed for more than a week until repairs could be made. In Livermore, the water levels came within a couple feet of shutting down the water plant that provides water to the city. A riverfront park in Calhoun was submerged. The Army Corps of Engineers Lock and Dam structure in Calhoun ceased operations after it went under water. Thousands of acres were flooded in the Island, Rumsey, and Jewel City areas. The acreage was mostly dormant cropland, woods, and fields. |
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.
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 Buel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690178 | 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 507607. 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.