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Delaplain, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sadieville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40324. The Survey maps it on the Delaplain quadrangle. It stands 869 feet above sea level.

Delaplain within Scott County

On record in Delaplain

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Delaplain between 2001 and 2010, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
23 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWOLF BRANCH INTERSTATE FIRE
23 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 February 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Delaplain: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Strontium, Sulfur. 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
Johnson VeinBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast ProducerBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Nally and GibsonStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wm. Davis VeinBarium-Barite, Iron, Strontium, SulfurPast Producer1908

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delaplain in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017Thunderstorm WindDelaplain$40,000Local amateur radio reported a business lost a roof due to severe thunderstorm winds.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDelaplain$30,000A small barn was moved across a field in the Sims Pike area.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindDelaplain$25,000The Scott County Emergency Manager reported trees on power lines near the county Emergency Operations Center.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindDelaplain$20,000Amateur radio operators reported that severe thunderstorm winds resulted in a semi truck being overturned near mile marker 129 on Interstate 75.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindDelaplain$15,000Local amateur radio reported trees fell on a home.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDelaplain$10,000The Scott County emergency manager reported a tree fell down on a car on Oxford Drive.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDelaplain-A 61 mph wind gust was recorded at the Scott County EOC.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDelaplain-It was reported that Scott County had numerous trees down county wide.
May 2018Flash FloodDelaplain-Broadcast media reported Burton Pike near Cincinnati Road was impassable due to high water.
September 2018Flash FloodDelaplain-HighwaY 25, Cincinnati Road, had water over the roadway.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindDelaplain-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindDelaplain-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Cranetown1.0 miles10
Moon Lake Estates1.2 miles10
Stone Hedge Estates2.1 miles12
Rogers Gap2.2 miles10
Oxford2.4 miles10
Boydtown2.5 miles10
Mallard Point3.4 miles10
Shiff3.4 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on DelaplainAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15213540The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 490791. 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.

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.