BlockDalton, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dawson Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42445. The Survey maps it on the Dalton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1909 USGS Providence quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Providence quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Dalton between 1999 and 2012, burning about 219 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 November 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 October 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CRENSHAW |
| 15 October 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 190 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEULAH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dalton in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 funnel cloud. 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 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Dalton | - | The funnel cloud was videotaped. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkwood Springs | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rabbit Ridge | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Beulah | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Johnson Island (historical) | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Olney | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sixth Vein | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fiddle Bow | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Charleston | 7.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507808. 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.