BlockTilton, Kentucky
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41041. The Survey maps it on the Sherburne quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1952 USGS Sherburne quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Tilton between 1999 and 2017, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 February 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WILLIAMS RD |
| 8 November 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 October 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WILLIAMS RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tilton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tilton in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilton | $15,000 | Local media reported an out building was destroyed on a farm near Tilton. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilton | $5,000 | One structure in Tilton suffered roof damage due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilton | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Grassy Knoll Road just off of Martha Mills Road near Tilton. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilton | - | Dispatch received 3 reports of trees downed from the Fleming County Garage Foreman in and near the community of Tilton. The trees were located on Mudsock Road, Pecks Ridge Road, and Three Mile Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilton | - | Dispatch relayed reports of trees down on Poplar Plains Road and Watson Lane near Tilton. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Tilton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord | 2.5 miles | 6 | |
| Bald Hill | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Craintown | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Locust | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Olive Branch | 3.7 miles | 6 | |
| Hill Top | 4.3 miles | 6 | |
| Battle Run | 4.5 miles | 6 | |
| Poplar Plains | 4.6 miles | 10 |
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 Tilton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21197745 | 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 505283. 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.