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Duluth, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Berea census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40403. It stands on Joe Lick Fork. The Survey maps it on the Bighill quadrangle.

Duluth within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

94 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Duluth between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,893 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony13
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 July 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGRAVEL LIC
8 June 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 June 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 June 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 June 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

5 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duluth in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDuluth-Trees were down along Red Lick Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDuluth-Trees were blown down in the Pilot Knob community in southern Madison County.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDuluth-The Madison County Road Department reported many trees downed along Battle Memorial Highway near Berea.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDuluth-Several trees were blown down in Duluth.
June 2002Flash FloodDuluth-People were trapped in their homes by high water.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Dreyfus2.6 miles16
Bighill2.7 miles16
Bobtown4.2 miles16
Crooksville (historical)5.7 miles15
Kingston6.2 miles15
Panola6.3 miles15
Speedwell6.5 miles15
Brassfield6.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511950. 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.