BlockDelaware, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Utica-Stanley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42301. It stands on Delaware Creek. The Survey maps it on the Delaware 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.
- 1908 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Delaware between 2003 and 2014, burning about 91 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROBERTS RD. |
| 26 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 February 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MATT ALLEN FIRE |
| 8 October 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEER CAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delaware in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Heavy Rain | Delaware | - | Water was reported over the eastbound lanes of the Audubon Parkway at the 11 and 12 mile markers. A major street was flooded in the city of Owensboro. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | - | A trained spotter estimated a wind gust to 60 mph. |
| December 2015 | Hail | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Delaware | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Joseph | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Curdsville | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| West Louisville | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Raphael (historical) | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Birk City | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sorgho | 9.6 miles | 19 | |
| Panther | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Henry | 10.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 490792. 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.