BlockTyler, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hickman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42050. The Survey maps it on the Bondurant quadrangle. It stands 289 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1939 USGS Bayouville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Bondurant quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Bayouville quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Bondurant quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Bayouville quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Tyler between 2004 and 2014, burning about 84 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.2 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | EIGHTY ONE |
| 5 March 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | JACKSON HILL |
| 25 March 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | TURNIP HEAD |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 December 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | FISH GAP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tyler in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2014: 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Tyler | $10,000 | The tornado touched down in the New Madrid bend area of western Fulton County. The New Madrid bend is a bend in the Mississippi River that carves out a plot of land in Fulton County that is not contiguous with the remainder of Fulton County. Hundreds of trees were snapped. Corn fields were flattened. Due to the rural nature of the area, no structures were impacted. Peak winds were estimated near 110 mph. The tornado continued southeast across the Mississippi River into extreme southeast New Madrid County, Missouri near Donaldson Point. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Tyler | - | Minor flooding of the Mississippi River occurred for most of the month of May. At the New Madrid, Missouri gage, where flood stage is 34 feet, the river crested at 39.11 feet on the 15th. Agricultural bottomland and low-lying areas were flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bondurant | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ledford | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Sassafras Ridge (historical) | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Ash Log | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fish Pond (historical) | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Blue Pond | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Mabel | 5.6 miles | 13 |
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 Tyler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691402 | 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 509256. 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.