Bugtussle, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fountain Run census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42140. The Survey maps it on the Fountain Run quadrangle. It stands 866 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1931 USGS Red Boiling Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Fountain Run quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Bugtussle between 1997 and 2014, burning about 81 acres in total. None 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 | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 February 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 February 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TURNER-YOUNG FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bugtussle: 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale, Uranium, Oil Shale. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bugtussle in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF3) | Bugtussle | $3,700,000 | The tornado crossed into Monroe County, Kentucky from Macon County, Tennessee. About two miles west of Gamaliel, the tornado destroyed two conventional homes and two mobile homes. Thirteen residents of the four homes took shelter in the basement of one of the homes. They escaped without injury, although they were trapped in rubble for 30 minutes. Several other homes were damaged in a subdivision a mile north of Gamaliel. The tornado ripped the roof off a brick home there. It tracked across rural Monroe County, uprooting and snapping large trees. On the north side of Tompkinsville, it destroyed a large wood frame warehouse and twisted a large steel frame metal building off its foundation. A nearby well built brick home had its roof and exterior walls swept away. It also destroyed a detached three car garage. |
| March 1997 | Tornado (F2) | Bugtussle | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Bugtussle | - | Ping Pong ball sized hail fell near the town of Bugtussle. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bugtussle | - | Trees were blown down near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akersville | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Gamaliel | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Freetown | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Flippin | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Emberton | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Gum Tree | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pikesville (historical) | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fountain Run | 8.0 miles | 11 |
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 Bugtussle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4986272 | 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 507615. 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.




