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Hidalgo, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Zula-Powersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It lies near Taylor Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Powersburg quadrangle.

Hidalgo within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

62 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Hidalgo between 1998 and 2017, burning about 2,519 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 burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2010Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 April 2010Debris and open burning22 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 April 2010Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 April 2013Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPLEASANT RIDGE
11 April 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDISHMAN MOUNTAIN
9 March 2007Debris and open burning217 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHIGH WALL
9 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hidalgo in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2008Thunderstorm WindHidalgo$1,000One tree was blown across highway 834.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindHidalgo-A tree was reported down along Hwy 200 near the community of Hidalgo.

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Shearer Valley1.8 miles14
Windy1.9 miles8
Powersburg2.4 miles8
Gapcreek2.6 miles8
Zula2.8 miles14
Susie2.9 miles14
Wait3.3 miles14
Slickford3.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508233. 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.