Adolphus, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Adolphus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42120. It stands on Rock Quarry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Adolphus quadrangle. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1928 USGS Adolphus (North Half) quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Adolphus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Gallatin quadrangle1:100000
- 1954 USGS Adolphus quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Adolphus between 1998 and 2005, burning about 76 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2002 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 February 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 December 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 November 1999 | Smoking | 46 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 October 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 October 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Adolphus: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Tennessee Zinc District | Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead | Producer | 1969, 1975 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adolphus in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2013: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2012 | Flash Flood | Adolphus | $30,000 | Allen County emergency management reported flash flooding near the intersection of Stafford Hollow Road and Andrew Jackson Highway. Several feet of water entered one home, making it uninhabitable. Several other homes were damaged. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adolphus | $5,000 | Estimated 60 mph winds near Adolphus tore a portion of a barn's roof off. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Walnut Grove | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Petroleum | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Rodemer | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Chapel Hill | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Alonzo | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Forest Springs | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Union (historical) | 6.2 miles | 12 |
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 Adolphus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4684447 | 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 485782. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.






