Quality, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rochester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42256. It stands on Duncan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quality quadrangle. It stands 502 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1911 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:48000
- 1914 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Quality quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Quality between 1997 and 2016, burning about 179 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.2 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DUNMORE CR |
| 5 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ANDERSON STORE |
| 25 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quality in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quality | $25,000 | A barn was damaged and a large tree was uprooted along Huntsville-Quality Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quality | - | The Butler County emergency manager reported 12 inch diameter trees snapped beside Highway 1153 near Quality. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Quality | - | Dallam Creek Bridge Rd. was closed between mile markers 4 and 6. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quality | - | Trees were downed across roads in southern Butler County. One was across State Highway 106 near the Logan County line. |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Quality | - | Local Fire Department and DES reported a weak F0 tornado briefly touched down downing several trees. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quality | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toy Spring (historical) | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Harper Crossroads | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Forgytown (historical) | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Harreldsville | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Zion (historical) | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rock Springs (historical) | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Boston | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Townsville (historical) | 3.9 miles | 11 |
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 Quality | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691125 | The 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 508888. 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.






