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Delafield, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bowling Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42101. It lies near Wilkerson Island. The Survey maps it on the Bowling Green North quadrangle.

Delafield within Warren County

On record in Delafield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 11 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Delafield between 1998 and 2014, burning about 138 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 ceremony5
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
24 July 2000Debris and open burning14 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 July 2012Smokingunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryMORGANTOWN
7 March 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 March 1998Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2014Recreation and ceremony60 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOUISVILLE ROAD FIRE
13 March 2007Recreation and ceremony22 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 February 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 October 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySLIM ISLAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Delafield: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Gary Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Warren 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
Bowling Green1.4 miles16
Briarwood Manor2.5 miles16
Indian Hills2.6 miles16
Crestmoor3.0 miles16
Springhill3.0 miles16
Plum Springs3.5 miles15
Mount Victor3.5 miles16
Eastland Park3.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 490790. 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.