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Flener, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Welchs Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42261. It lies near Wolfpen Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Flener quadrangle.

Flener within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

14 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Flener between 2000 and 2017, burning about 176 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 June 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2007Recreation and ceremony30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2001Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2001Arson/incendiarism45 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Flener: 1 plant, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gary Bros. No. 2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Green River ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

4 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flener in 4 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFlener-A tree was blown down onto Caneyville Road north of Morgantown.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFlener-Multiple trees were downed on Caneyville Road between Possum Hollow Road and Dexterville Banock Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFlener-Numerous power outages were reported across Butler County due to downed trees and power lines.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFlener-Multiple trees were downed on Caneyville Road near Brownsville Road.

Every storm recorded in Butler County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Welcome1.3 miles12
Dexterville2.0 miles12
Monford2.0 miles12
Eden2.2 miles12
Aberdeen2.6 miles12
Gilstrap2.8 miles12
Huldeville3.4 miles11
Banock4.3 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122545047The 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 508011. 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.