Dogtown, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42025. It stands on South Fork Watch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hardin 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.
- 1936 USGS Benton quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Benton quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Dogtown between 1999 and 2016, burning about 274 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE BEAR CREEK FIRE |
| 28 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLIVE HAMLETT RD. |
| 8 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUCKET |
| 6 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Dogtown: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West-Of-Highway Clay | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dogtown in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dogtown | $30,000 | Metal roofing from a mobile home along U.S. Highway 68 was peeled off and deposited on the highway. Underpinning was stripped off. The mobile home was shifted slightly on its foundation blocks, even though it was strapped down. Porch columns and railings were pushed out on a home across the highway. Cedar trees were blown over. An equipment shed and a storage building were shoved a couple of inches. A carport near the mobile home was tossed across Highway 68. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dogtown | $8,000 | A slow moving thunderstorm strengthened over Benton, eventually moving off to the east-northeast, producing wind damage in the city. Broadcast media relayed a report of a maple tree down southeast of Benton. A spotter measured a wind gust of 58 mph on the southwest side. Emergency management reported that a few large trees were down around Benton. Dime size hail also occurred with this storm. |
| April 2022 | Flood | Dogtown | - | Kentucky Highway 1462 was closed at the Clarks River bridge due to flooding of the Clarks River. |
| December 2021 | Flood | Dogtown | - | A couple of lesser travelled roads were closed in flood-prone areas. Kentucky 1949 was closed at the tunnel under Interstate 69. Kentucky 1462 was closed at the Clarks River flood plain. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Dogtown | - | Highway 408 east of Benton was closed due to water over the roadway at the Tubbs Branch Creek. A rainfall amount of 2.85 inches was received from Benton at about the same time as the flash flood report. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Dogtown | - | Flooding of the Clarks River closed Highway 1462 near Benton, Highway 1042 near Sharpe, and a very lightly travelled county road. Water was on other roads in the county, but they were passable. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Dogtown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Grove | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Glade | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hamlet (historical) | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Benton | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Monkey Den (historical) | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| South Marshall | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty (historical) | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Yancy Darnell (historical) | 3.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 490987. 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.






