BlockJulien, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle. It stands 489 feet above sea level.
On record in Julien
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
- Cox Houselisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1950 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Julien between 2007 and 2010, burning about 258 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 153 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONG |
| 21 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | QUAIL |
| 24 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | I-24 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Julien in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2012: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julien | $25,000 | Trees were uprooted, and large tree limbs were blown down. Large metal doors of toolsheds were pushed in. The farm where the damage occurred was on Route 272. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julien | $5,000 | A tractor-trailer rig was overturned on Interstate 24 at mile marker 72. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Julien | - | Two trees were down across Highway 117 about a mile from Interstate 24. Another tree or two fell along Highway 117 between Gracey and Herndon. |
| May 2000 | Lightning | Julien | - | Lightning was the indirect cause of a house fire that killed 3 children and their father. The fire was sparked by an unattended candle which was being used because of a power outage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belleview (historical) | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Newstead | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Gracey | 3.1 miles | 6 | |
| Merrittstown | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Walnut Grove | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Church Hill | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Cox Mill (historical) | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Canton Pike | 5.3 miles | 9 |
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 Julien | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690740 | 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 508364. 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.