Florence, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41042. The Survey maps it on the Union quadrangle. 31,946 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 925 feet above sea level.
On record in Florence
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 7 records
Clinton Blankenbeker Houselisted 1989
John Delehunty Houselisted 1989
Florence Fire Stationlisted 1989
Florence Hotellisted 1989
Virginia Corey Goodridge Houselisted 2000
Hopeful Lutheran Churchlisted 1989
Dr. Gladys Rouse Office and Houselisted 2005
Population over time
2 figuresFlorence grew from 29,951 to 31,946 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 29,951 | |
| 2020 | 31,946 | +1,995 (+7%) |
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.
- 1950 USGS Union quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Union quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Union quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Union quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Florence between 2010 and 2018, burning about 45 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 March 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | INDEPENDENCE RAILROAD |
| 2 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHERBOURNE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
45 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florence in 45 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 19 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 6 flash flood, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1999 | Lightning | Florence | 1 hurt | A child was struck by lightning. |
| May 1996 | Lightning | Florence | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $30,000 | Several barns sustained damage at Turfway Park. Several trees and power poles were downed along State Route 18. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Florence | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Florence | $5,000 | Several roads were flooded due to heavy rainfall. |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Florence | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $3,000 | A few wires were downed on New Uri Avenue. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Florence | $3,000 | Multiple cars throughout the county were stuck in high water. First responders were called out to assist, but nothing was life threatening. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $3,000 | Large trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Florence | $3,000 | Water was reported over Interstate 75. Water was also reported over a few other roads in the area. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $3,000 | Trees were blown down . |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $3,000 | Thunderstorms produced strong winds which knocked down trees. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $3,000 | Trees downed. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Florence | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $2,000 | A couple of trees were uprooted. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $2,000 | Several large trees were knocked down due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $2,000 | Large trees were knocked down on Shelby and Montgomery Streets. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Florence | $1,000 | The left lane of Interstate 75 was blocked due to high water. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $500 | A wire was knocked down. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $500 | A large tree limb was knocked down. |
| July 2018 | Flood | Florence | - | Standing water was reported at the intersection of Bluegrass Road and Empire Drive. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Florence | - | There were several reports of very high water on roadways thoughout Florence. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Florence | - | High water was reported running over New Buffington Road. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | - | The wind gust was measured by the spotter. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | - | The wind gust was estimated. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Florence | - | Nickel to one inch hail was reported. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | - | An estimated gust of 60 mph occurred in Florence. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Florence | - | 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.
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 Florence | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q985560 | 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 492266. 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.






