Radcliff, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Radcliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40160. The Survey maps it on the Vine Grove quadrangle. 23,042 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 771 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRadcliff grew from 21,688 to 23,042 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 | 21,688 | |
| 2020 | 23,042 | +1,354 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1936 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Vine Grove quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Radcliff between 2004 and 2012, burning about 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SUNSHINE LANE |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STRANEY FI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Radcliff: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flaherty-Otter Creek Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Fort Knox Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Radcliff in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2012: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 46 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Radcliff | 46 hurt, $5,000,000 | Department of Emergency Service reports three mobile home parks received substantial damage. Forty-six minor injuries were also reported throughout the county. In all, 421 homes were damaged and 100 destroyed across the county. Damage was estimated at $10.9 million across the county including $6 million in Vine Grove and $3.5 million in Radcliff. The damage was attributed to downburst winds up to 120 mph with embedded weak F1 tornadoes not out of the question. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F2) | Radcliff | $500,000 | Tornado sighted at Fort Knox. Several buildings damaged. |
| April 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Radcliff | $150,000 | Two homes had their roofs torn off. There was minor structural damage to 24 other homes. Numerous trees were uprooted. Tornado intensity was estimated at F1 with spots of F2 damage. |
| January 2002 | Lightning | Radcliff | $100,000 | Lightning struck a home along Wintergreen Road in Radcliff. The home was totally destroyed by fire. There were no injuries. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Radcliff | $50,000 | A roof was blown off a dental office building. The roof landed on a car in an adjacent parking lot. Trees were uprooted, and power lines were downed. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Radcliff | - | Several trees were toppled along West Lincoln Trail in Radcliffe. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Radcliff | - | A spotter reported a measured wind gust of 59 mph on SR 313 at mile marker 14. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Radcliff | - | Pea to quarter sized hail was reported. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Radcliff | - | Two trees were downed. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Radcliff | - | Power lines were down along Highway 313 near Interstate 65. |
| April 1999 | Flash Flood | Radcliff | - | Three to four inches of rain fell across northern Hardin county. Many reports of flooding and road closures due to flooding. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Radcliff | - | Hardin County Department of Emergency Service reports three-quarters inch hail. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Radcliff | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Radcliff | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Radcliff | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Radcliff | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Radcliff | - | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Radcliff | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Radcliff | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Radcliff | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vine Grove Junction | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Red Hill | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Dietz Acres | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Rogersville | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Vine Grove | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Prichard Place | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Gaffey Heights | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Long View | 4.0 miles | 15 |
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 Radcliff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1003654 | 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 501516. 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.








