Dalesburg, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Canoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41721. The Survey maps it on the Mistletoe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Mistletoe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Mistletoe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Dalesburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,039 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | STINGER |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | 7 ACRE FIRE |
| 6 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUFFALO #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dalesburg in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2014: 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalesburg | $3,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds damaged much of a garage and porch roof from a home in the area. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Dalesburg | $1,000 | Flash flooding of Freeman Fork caused Freeman Fork Road to be impassable. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Dalesburg | - | An F0 tornado, embedded within straight-line wind, touched down briefly. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Dalesburg | - | Three quarter inch hail was reported by a co-operative observer. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Dalesburg | - | Water covered Kentucky Highway 315. |
| September 2003 | Hail | Dalesburg | - | Three quarter inch hail was reported at Long's Creek from a co-operative observer. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Dalesburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Fork | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Crockettsville | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Beech | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Talbert | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sebastians Branch | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Houston | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Altro | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Canoe | 8.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511703. 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.





