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Dulaney, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42445. The Survey maps it on the Princeton West quadrangle. It stands 538 feet above sea level.

Dulaney within Caldwell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

22 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Dulaney between 1997 and 2020, burning about 60 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/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryBOTTLE RO
22 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDEAD BIRD
21 April 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caldwell County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dulaney: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, Iron. 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
Jesse Redd ProspectCobalt, Manganese, Nickel, IronOccurrence1904

Every working recorded in Caldwell County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dulaney in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 deaths and 11 injuries. 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
December 2021Tornado (EF4)Dulaney4 killed, 11 hurtThis historic EF-4 tornado was associated with a very long-track supercell that originally formed over eastern Arkansas. The supercell produced a nearly continuous tornado damage path from northeast Arkansas across western Tennessee and western Kentucky. The starting point of this particular tornado was in northwest Tennessee, northwest of Union City (see Storm Data, Tennessee, Western for information on this and other tornadoes associated with the supercell). The tornado crossed from Lyon County into Caldwell County in a rural area about 7 miles east southeast of Eddyville. The tornado crossed the Princeton Golf and Country Club resulting in collapsed walls of nearby homes (DI 2, DOD 10). This is where it achieved its highest rating of EF-4. A house near this country club received the highest wind speed estimate in the county, which was 180 mph. The tornado crossed southeast of Princeton, destroying large sections of the University Of Kentucky Research and Education Center (DI 15, DOD 10). The tornado then damaged many homes and trees near and just south of U.S. Highway 62 (Dawson Road). Just southwest of the intersection of US 62 and CR 2619, the tornado took a more easterly path (or rightward jog), continuing to damage homes along U.S. Highway 62 (Dawson Road) (DI 2, DOD 9). Two of the fatalities occurred at permanent homes on Dawson Road. The tornado trajectory then shifted back to northeast (or leftward jog), after which it crossed into Hopkins County on the southwest side of Dawson Springs. There were four fatalities in Caldwell County, with 11 others injured, 3 critically. All four of the deceased were found outside their residences. A couple who resided in a mobile home were both killed between Princeton and Dawson Springs. In total, around 300 structures were completely destroyed. The average path width was a mile.
May 2011FloodDulaney$250,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDulaney$75,000Trees were downed in Princeton as a thunderstorm line moved eastward through Caldwell County. Most of Caldwell County lost power as a result of morning thunderstorms.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindDulaney$8,000Near the intersection of Highways 903 and 515, a microburst carved a path of downed trees about 250 yards long. Single trees were damaged up to three-quarters of a mile away from the damage path.
June 2009Flash FloodDulaney-Widespread flooding was reported throughout Princeton. Several streets were impassable and closed, and water neared a few homes. A mesonet site at Princeton recorded 3.34 inches in just over three hours. Widespread street flooding occurred throughout the community of Farmersville.

Every storm recorded in Caldwell 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
Hollinsworth Post Office (historical)2.0 miles15
White Sulphur4.0 miles15
Crider4.2 miles15
Crowtown5.1 miles15
Princeton5.3 miles15
Rock Spring (historical)5.9 miles15
Hickory Grove6.5 miles18
Bakers6.7 miles18

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 DulaneyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690341The 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 507886. 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.