BlockCaledonia, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Cadiz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42232. It stands on Boyd Lake Branch. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1950 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Caledonia between 2007 and 2017, burning about 186 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 153 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONG |
| 11 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RANDOLPH |
| 9 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | I-24 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caledonia in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Caledonia | $50,000 | Heavy rainfall in the afternoon flooded out stretches of Will Jackson Rd. Additional heavy rainfall in the evening significantly expanded flooding issues in southern portions of Trigg County. Flash flooding continued well into the overnight hours, eventually transitioning from flash flood to flood. Storm total precipitation was 3 to 8 inches, with the heaviest totals along the Tennessee border and in a band across the middle of the county. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Caledonia | - | Late in the overnight hours, flooding transitioned from a flash flood event into a flood event as ponding water slowly receded. 3-8 inches of rain had fallen across Trigg County. Roads with lingering flooding included Old Dover Rd, Donaldson Creek Rd, Maple Grove Rd, Oak Grove Church Rd, and many more. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Caledonia | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Caledonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Roaring Spring | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Buffalo | 6.9 miles | 6 | |
| Cadiz | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Cerulean | 9.6 miles | 6 | |
| Wallonia | 9.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cedar Point | 10.9 miles | 7 | |
| Maple Grove | 11.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507638. 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.