BlockPetroleum, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Adolphus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42120. It stands on Little Trammel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Petroleum quadrangle. It stands 604 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Lafayette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Petroleum quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Petroleum in 2002, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Petroleum in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petroleum | - | There were multiple trees down near the 3900 block of Old Gallatin Road. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Petroleum | - | Two water rescues had to be performed, and numerous roads were closed across Allen County due to flash flooding. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petroleum | - | Trees were blown down onto multiple roads across Allen County. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petroleum | - | A trained spotter reported to the NWS that several tree limbs were brought down due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petroleum | - | An Allen County official reported trees down in the area. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petroleum | - | Scottsville law enforcement reported several trees down just south of Scottsville. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petroleum | - | A spotter reported damage to a trailer with trees down near 31E and Cartertown Rd. Winds were estimated to be around 70 to 80 mph. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petroleum | - | Dispatch reported several trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodemer | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Chapel Hill | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Walnut Grove | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Adolphus | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| White Plains (historical) | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fleet | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Red Hill | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Scottsville | 5.0 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 Petroleum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16898282 | 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 500484. 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.