BlockPulliam, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Willisburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40078. The Survey maps it on the Brush Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Brush Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Brush Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Pulliam in 2001, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pulliam in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulliam | - | A tree was blown down over Chaplin Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulliam | - | There was structural and tree damage along Brush Grove Road. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulliam | - | A couple of trees blew down on Brush Grove Road near Willisburg. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulliam | - | The public reported trees down in the area. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Pulliam | - | The public reported quarter size hail near Pulliam. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Pulliam | - | Heavy rains over the Chaplin River basin caused flooding of low lying areas and county roads along and near the river. A school bus was trapped by rising waters, but all occupants were successfully rescued. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Grove | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Tatham Springs | 1.9 miles | 7 | |
| Willisburg | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Monfort (historical) | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Polin | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sharpsville | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Hardesty | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hickory Grove (historical) | 5.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508883. 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.