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Dundee, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hartford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42338. It stands on Adams Fork. The Survey maps it on the Dundee quadrangle. It stands 423 feet above sea level.

Dundee within Ohio County

On record in Dundee

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Dundee between 1998 and 2011, burning about 68 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 ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
10 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2010Railroad operations and maintenance17 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 April 2001Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 March 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBUFORD
17 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 March 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ohio 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 Dundee: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Fort Hartford MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sulphur Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ohio County

Storms near this place

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dundee in 31 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 17 flood, 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
April 2008FloodDundee$100,000The Rough River at Dundee crested at 28.9 feet around 330 AM EST on April 5. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. Moderate flooding occurs at this level, with the post office flooded and sections of Kentucky Highway 69 covered with water.
May 2010FloodDundee$25,000The Rough River at Dundee crested at 28.7 feet around noon EST on May 3. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. Moderate flooding occurs at this level, with the post office at Barretts Ferry flooded.
June 2020Flash FloodDundee-There were several roads flooded in Dundee.
February 2018FloodDundee-The Rough River at Dundee went into moderate flood stage. The river crested at 28.22 feet on February 25, which is 3.22 feet above flood stage. The river fell below flood stage on the 27th.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindDundee-Local law enforcement reported downed trees across the county.
March 2016FloodDundee-The Rough River near Dundee went into flood during the morning hours March 11, crested at 25.2 feet during the afternoon and fell below flood stage later that evening. Flood state is 25 feet.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDundee-The Ohio County emergency manager reported several trees down on Highway 69 and Hoopie Hill Road.
April 2014FloodDundee-A spotter reported water over the road on State Highway 69 between Fordsville and Hartford. Traffic was briefly redirected.
April 2014FloodDundee-Widespread heavy rains on the 3rd and the 4th of April brought minor flooding to the Rough River at Dundee. Flood stage is 25 feet. The river crested at 27.4 feet during the early morning hours on the 5th.
December 2013FloodDundee-Widespread heavy rains of around 2 inches fell across central Kentucky during the evening hours on Dec 21st. This led to minor flooding on the Rough River at Dundee. The river crested at 25.1 feet just before midnight on the 22nd. Flood state is 25 feet.
March 2013FloodDundee-Heavy rains fell across central Kentucky on March 18th. This brought minor flooding to the Rough River at Dundee on the 19th of March. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. The river crested at 25.7 feet late in the morning on March 19th.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDundee-Local law enforcement reported several trees down in Dundee.
May 2011FloodDundee-The Rough River near Dundee crested at 29.1 feet around 745 PM CST on May 3. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. Moderate flooding occurs at this level. Trailer courts in Hartford are flooded, along with Kentucky Highway 69 near the intersection with US 231 in Hartford. County roads near Dundee, Sunnydale, and Narrows are flooded.
March 2011FloodDundee-The Rough River at Dundee crested at 26.4 feet around 1145 AM CST on March 10. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with sections of Kentucky Highway 69 flooded.
April 2011FloodDundee-The Rough River at Dundee rose above flood stage around 745 PM CST on April 23. The river was still rising at the end of the month, and would not crest at 29.1 feet until May 4.
November 2011FloodDundee-Heavy rains brought the Rough River into flood at Dundee. This river crested at 25.85 feet during the early afternoon hours on November 29th. Flood stage is 25 feet.
December 2011FloodDundee-The Rough River at Dundee went into minor flood for a couple of days. The river crested at 27.2 feet during the afternoon of Dec 6th. Flood stage is 25 feet.
March 2008FloodDundee-The Rough River at Dundee crested at 27.2 feet around 215 PM CST on March 20. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with a half mile section of Kentucky Highway 69 flooded near the bridge. Bottom land is covered with water.
March 2008FloodDundee-The Rough River at Dundee crested at 27.4 feet around 1130 AM CST on March 5. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with a half-mile section of Kentucky Highway 69 flooded near the bridge. Bottom land begins to flood.
May 2007Flash FloodDundee-Several roads were under water.
December 2007FloodDundee-The Rough River at Dundee crested at 27.1 feet around 1530EST on December 11. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with a section of Kentucky 69 on the right bank covered with water. Agricultural bottom land on the right bank is covered, and the left bank about a mile downstream from the gage begins to flood.
January 2006FloodDundee-Rough River at Dundee crested around 25.7 feet just before sunrise on January 24. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with a section of KY 69 on the right bank near the bridge beginning to flood.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDundee-Trees were blown down.
October 2014HailDundee-no account filed
October 2014HailDundee-no account filed
April 2011HailDundee-no account filed
April 2011HailDundee-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindDundee-no account filed
September 2001HailDundee-no account filed
May 2000HailDundee-no account filed
March 1997HailDundee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ohio 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
Sulphur Springs1.6 miles13
Narrows2.3 miles12
Sunnydale2.9 miles13
Magan3.2 miles13
Jingo4.6 miles11
Adaburg4.6 miles13
Olaton5.1 miles12
Ralph5.3 miles13

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 DundeeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690343The 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 491311. 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.