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.
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.
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Churchlisted 1975 · 0.7 miles away
Richardsville Road Bridgelisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away
Riverviewlisted 1972 · 0.8 miles away
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Stationlisted 1979 · 0.9 miles away
Hall Houselisted 1979 · 0.9 miles away
Barren River L & N Railroad Bridgelisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away- Kinlocklisted 1979 · 0.5 miles away
- St. Joseph's Districtlisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
- Ironwoodlisted 1973 · 0.9 miles away
- Rauscher Houselisted 1978 · 1.0 miles away
- Fort Webblisted 1984 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1922 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1998Regional 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 ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 July 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MORGANTOWN |
| 7 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOUISVILLE ROAD FIRE |
| 13 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 October 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SLIM ISLAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Briarwood Manor | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Indian Hills | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Crestmoor | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Springhill | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Plum Springs | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Victor | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Eastland Park | 3.6 miles | 16 |
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.









