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Dimple, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sugar Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42261. The Survey maps it on the Sugar Grove quadrangle. It stands 502 feet above sea level.

Dimple within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

8 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Dimple between 2001 and 2014, burning about 59 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 April 2001Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2014Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDIMPLE RD.
24 March 2001Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 March 2001Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 October 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHIDEAWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dimple: 1 prospect, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Park City Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Sugar Grove ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

1 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dimple in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 tornado. 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 2026Tornado (EF0)Dimple-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey on Tuesday, March 17th for the storms that occurred on Sunday night, March 15th. A tornado was determined to have occurred in Butler County with max winds of 80 MPH (EF0).||Damage was first observed along Flat Rock Road south of Dimple where a roof was lifted off a storage outbuilding and lofted into nearby trees. Some tree damage was also observed at this location with some evidence of being broken and twisted in different |directions due to the tornado. The tornado continued to the northeast across highway 79 where tree damage was twisted backward in the opposite direction of the storm motion to the southwest.| |The tornado continued across Dimple Road and damaged mobile homes along the road. One home had a shed that was destroyed and lofted above the homes and placed in a nearby farm field. One mobile home was shifted on the foundation, but did not overturn due to proper anchoring. Tree branch damage in this vicinity showed different |directions to the damage along with twisting, which was evidence of rotation. Roof damage to another mobile home near this location was evident and the roof was lofted about a tenth of a mile downstream into a farm field. ||The next damage was uphill at a farm, where a storage outbuilding had damage to the roof. The rooftop was lofted in the air over several pieces of farm equipment, split in two, and the two pieces of roofing material landed in two different locations (one to the|east, and the other in a more southeasterly direction). Some debris was lofted downstream into nearby fields along Belcher Road, where there were isolated trees uprooted as well. ||The storm then crossed Little Muddy Creek toward Richland Church Road where several large branches to trees along the road were snapped. From this point, there was no additional damage observed.

Every storm recorded in Butler 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
Carved Rock (historical)2.6 miles14
Leetown2.8 miles14
Flat Rock (historical)2.9 miles14
Sugar Grove3.1 miles14
Turnertown3.6 miles11
Boston3.7 miles11
Needmore3.7 miles14
Davis Crossroads3.7 miles14

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 DimpleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690314The 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 507855. 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.