BlockSaul, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Buckhorn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41721. It stands on Mud Lick. The Survey maps it on the Buckhorn quadrangle. It stands 1,027 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1913 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
125 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Saul between 1992 and 2019, burning about 8,492 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 62 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ELKHORN FUMBLE |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | WHOOPLAREA 2 |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | WHOOPFLAREA |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | 4 CORNERS |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saul in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2022 | Flash Flood | Saul | 1 killed | Extensive flash flooding occurred in northwest Perry County. Some of the reports include:||12:00 AM EST - Water rescues were performed on Cam Johnson Branch and Freeman Fork Road in the Buckhorn community.|12:00 AM EST - Water rescues were performed on Garfield Lane and Keneva Road in the Chavies community.|12:00 AM EST - Public reported a house is cascading into a creek, split in half. |12:00 AM EST - Pictures on social media show mud and debris along the floor at the Davidson Church along KY-28. |12:00 AM EST - Severe flash flood damage and bridge washed out near the intersection of Buck Branch Road and KY-28 near Chavies. |2:27 AM EST - Pictures on social media show significant flash flooding through Buckhorn School. |2:40 AM EST - Buckhorn School is flooded and nearby Squabble Creek is out of its banks.|6:00 AM EST - The cooperative observer at Buckhorn Lake reported 8 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Saul | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Leatherwood (historical) | 0.1 miles | 14 | |
| Doorway | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Upper Squabble (historical) | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bowlingtown (historical) | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Middle Squabble (historical) | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Gays Creek | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Buckhorn | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Big Hill (historical) | 5.6 miles | 14 |
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 Saul | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7427264 | 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 515260. 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.