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Caldwell, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Butler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41033. It stands on Sandy Branch. The Survey maps it on the De Mossville quadrangle.

Caldwell within Pendleton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Caldwell between 2001 and 2002, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 April 2001Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 February 2002Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pendleton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Caldwell: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Butler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Carntown LimekilnStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Pendleton County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caldwell in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$10,000Multiple trees and power lines were downed in the Demossville and Butler areas.
June 2008Flash FloodCaldwell$5,000Numerous roads throughout the county were flooded and closed.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCaldwell$500A tree was downed at US Route 27 and Bitter Sweet Road.
May 2020FloodCaldwell-State Route 177 was closed due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Pendleton County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
DeMossville1.4 miles11
Butler1.8 miles10
Flower Town (historical)2.6 miles10
Meridian2.9 miles10
Boston3.7 miles10
Greenwood3.8 miles11
Portland5.0 miles10
Menzie5.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507636. 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.