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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.

Florence within Boone County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Florence 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.

YearPeople Change
201029,951
202031,946+1,995 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

2 since 2010

Regional 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 maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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
19 March 2018Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryINDEPENDENCE RAILROAD
2 November 2010Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHERBOURNE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

45 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1999LightningFlorence1 hurtA child was struck by lightning.
May 1996LightningFlorence$100,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindFlorence$30,000Several barns sustained damage at Turfway Park. Several trees and power poles were downed along State Route 18.
November 1996Thunderstorm WindFlorence$30,000no account filed
April 2006HailFlorence$10,000no account filed
May 2001Flash FloodFlorence$5,000Several roads were flooded due to heavy rainfall.
May 1996Flash FloodFlorence$5,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindFlorence$3,000A few wires were downed on New Uri Avenue.
February 2018Flash FloodFlorence$3,000Multiple cars throughout the county were stuck in high water. First responders were called out to assist, but nothing was life threatening.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFlorence$3,000Large trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2010FloodFlorence$3,000Water was reported over Interstate 75. Water was also reported over a few other roads in the area.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindFlorence$3,000Trees were blown down .
June 2001Thunderstorm WindFlorence$3,000Thunderstorms produced strong winds which knocked down trees.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindFlorence$3,000Trees downed.
May 2009HailFlorence$3,000no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindFlorence$3,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindFlorence$3,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindFlorence$2,000A couple of trees were uprooted.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindFlorence$2,000Several large trees were knocked down due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindFlorence$2,000Large trees were knocked down on Shelby and Montgomery Streets.
June 2010Flash FloodFlorence$1,000The left lane of Interstate 75 was blocked due to high water.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindFlorence$1,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFlorence$500A wire was knocked down.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindFlorence$500A large tree limb was knocked down.
July 2018FloodFlorence-Standing water was reported at the intersection of Bluegrass Road and Empire Drive.
August 2016Flash FloodFlorence-There were several reports of very high water on roadways thoughout Florence.
August 2016Flash FloodFlorence-High water was reported running over New Buffington Road.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindFlorence-The wind gust was measured by the spotter.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindFlorence-The wind gust was estimated.
June 2009HailFlorence-Nickel to one inch hail was reported.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindFlorence-An estimated gust of 60 mph occurred in Florence.
April 2020HailFlorence-no account filed
April 2018HailFlorence-no account filed
March 2012HailFlorence-no account filed
March 2012HailFlorence-no account filed
June 2009HailFlorence-no account filed
June 2009HailFlorence-no account filed
April 2006HailFlorence-no account filed
June 2005HailFlorence-no account filed
May 2003HailFlorence-no account filed
February 2002HailFlorence-no account filed
August 2000HailFlorence-no account filed
May 1996HailFlorence-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindFlorence-no account filed
June 1995HailFlorence-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Hopeful Heights1.7 miles20
Marydale1.9 miles18
Devon2.1 miles11
Sugartit2.6 miles11
Oakbrook3.1 miles11
Limaburg3.5 miles20
Union4.6 miles11
Constance5.2 miles20

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 FlorenceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q985560The 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.