BlockAlmo, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Kirksey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42020. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle. It stands 430 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1936 USGS Dexter quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Dexter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Murray quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Dexter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Almo between 1997 and 2014, burning about 212 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRUSHY CR |
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BETHEL RO |
| 20 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 305 NANNIE NEAL RD. |
| 2 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky 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 Almo: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Ball Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.L. Wiggs Farm Pit | Ball Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
33 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Almo in 33 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 6 flash flood, 4 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flood | Almo | 1 hurt, $20,000 | Due to flooding of the Clarks River, several roads were underwater. A car drove into the floodwaters near Almo. The vehicle stalled and then floated about 100 yards before stopping in a ditch. The woman driver was rescued from her vehicle by a state trooper, who found her waist deep in water. She was clinging to the top of her car door with her feet dangling. The water was several feet deep. The trooper was just tall enough to wade through the water, then help her to safety. The woman was treated for hypothermia at a local hospital. Another water rescue occurred shortly afterward, when teenagers tried to cross a flooded section of highway in another area of the county. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almo | $250,000 | This microburst was about 100 yards wide. Dozens of houses sustained shingle and minor siding damage. An uninhabited mobile home was blown over and destroyed. The mobile home was strapped down securely. Half a dozen barns sustained roof damage. A propane tank was moved. A few trees and power lines were blown down. An EF0 tornado occurred in the vicinity of this microburst. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Almo | $200,000 | Shingles and siding were blown off several homes. There was light structural damage. Several storage buildings were destroyed. Dozens of trees were uprooted or snapped. At least two witnesses reported seeing a funnel cloud briefly dip to the ground and lift back up. Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almo | $70,000 | Trees and power lines were down across the north part of the county. Trees up to 4 feet in diameter were down in Murray, blocking several city streeets. High winds caused damage to several businesses along U.S. Highway 641. Three vehicles were heavily damaged by a falling tree on the campus of Murray State University. A few windows were broken and a roof was slightly damaged on the college campus. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almo | $50,000 | Several trees were blown down and power poles were snapped. The area of spotty damage extended from U.S. Highway 641 north of Murray to Highway 783 west-southwest of Murray. On U.S. Highway 641 a few miles north of Murray, a trampoline was blown into the middle of the road. Construction barrels were blown over. The peak wind gust at the Murray/Calloway County airport was 67 mph. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Almo | $50,000 | A relatively weak F-1 tornado with maximum wind speeds near 80 MPH moved southeast across the "Almo Heights" area. Three houses sustained roof damage, mainly due to trees falling on them. The storm that spawned the tornado displayed excellent supercellular characteristics on radar throughout its path across Calloway County. Videotape of the storm's funnel cloud was shown on local media outlets. The funnel again briefly touched down in eastern Calloway County. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Almo | $30,000 | Flood water from the Clarks River was 2 to 4 inches deep in the Calloway County Fire-Rescue substation in Almo. The substation has never flooded before. Flood water caused minor damage to a nearby home and got into the crawl space of another. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almo | $30,000 | Just west of Almo near U.S. Highway 641, thunderstorm winds destroyed an old 65-by-30 foot wooden barn. Debris from the barn landed on a road and knocked down power lines. One power pole was snapped. Numerous trees and large limbs were blown down across the county, although most were rotten or dead. In Murray, a glass door of a business was broken. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almo | $30,000 | Countywide, several roads were blocked due to downed trees and power lines. There were scattered power outages. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Almo | $25,000 | A culvert was washed out on a dead-end street off Highway 1429 in northern Calloway County. |
| January 2025 | Flash Flood | Almo | $20,000 | At around 1800CST, five vehicles were stranded in high water on Hopkins Rd. Hopkins Rd was closed from KY-464 to Hickory Grove Church Rd. Approximately 2-2.5 inches of rain had fallen in the area at that point, with another inch or so of rain during the evening hours. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almo | $20,000 | Multiple trees were uprooted. Trees were down on nearly every road in the Dexter and Almo areas. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Almo | $20,000 | A culvert washed out on a secondary road. Several roads were flooded in the Almo area. A motorist was barely able to escape flooding in the Almo area. He escaped through the window, but the vehicle was totalled. Rainfall rates earlier in the afternoon were measured up to one inch in 15 minutes. A trained spotter near Almo measured 3.50 inches within 48 hours. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almo | $15,000 | An old chicken barn collapsed, and a tree was blown down. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Almo | $10,000 | At least one residence was evacuated in the northeast corner of the county. The heaviest rain fell in the northeast part of the county, where radar estimated about six inches in three hours. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almo | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were down, mainly across northern parts of the county. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almo | $3,000 | Some portable outdoor sheds were blown around. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Almo | $3,000 | This weak tornado occurred in rural farm country and caused little damage. Several tree limbs and tree tops were blown down. Some field corn was blown over. Peak winds were estimated near 75 mph. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Almo | $3,000 | An EF0 tornado touched down along Highway 464 near Almo and travelled to the northeast before lifting. Several trees and limbs were downed. One large oak tree was uprooted. Minor damage was done to siding on a home. There was one eyewitness to the tornado. Peak winds were estimated near 80 mph. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almo | $2,000 | A large tree was blown down. |
| February 2016 | Heavy Rain | Almo | - | Water was over numerous back roads on the south side of Calloway County. Most of these roads were passable. A trained spotter about 8 miles northeast of Murray measured 0.8 inches in 30 minutes. The daily rainfall total at the Kentucky mesonet site near Murray was 1.46 inches. |
| March 2016 | Flood | Almo | - | Minor flooding of the Clarks River resulted in the closure of some secondary roads near the river. Rain gage reports indicated between 3 and 4 inches fell over much of the county in 24 hours. A trained spotter in Murray measured 4.47 inches in 36 hours. |
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | Almo | - | Several county roads were closed by flooding. Water was over numerous other roadways. Highway 121 just south of New Concord was flooded and dangerous. Radar estimated that 3 to 5 inches of rain fell during the previous 24 hours. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almo | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almo | - | Crews were called out to remove downed trees near New Concord and Almo. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Almo | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Almo | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Almo | - | no account filed |
| December 2011 | Flood | Almo | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Almo | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Almo | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Almo | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Almo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almo Heights | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Flint (historical) | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Temple Hill (historical) | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Independence (historical) | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Blakely (historical) | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Dexter | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Van Cleave | 3.5 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 Almo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690014 | 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 485892. 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.