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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1914 USGS Little Muddy quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Sugar Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Sugar Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2001Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DIMPLE RD. |
| 24 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 October 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HIDEAWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park City Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Sugar Grove Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2026Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Tornado (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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carved Rock (historical) | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Leetown | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Flat Rock (historical) | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sugar Grove | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Turnertown | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Boston | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Needmore | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Davis Crossroads | 3.7 miles | 14 |
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 Dimple | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690314 | The 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.






