BlockRaleigh, Kentucky
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Morganfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42437. It lies near Grundy Hill. The Survey maps it on the Grove Center quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1916 USGS Shawneetown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Grove Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Grove Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Shawneetown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Raleigh in 2010, burning about 1 acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10073 |
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 Raleigh: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallatin County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tradewater Dredge 1 & 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raleigh in 5 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 3 flood, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF2) | Raleigh | $500,000 | This EF-2 tornado touched down along the Ohio River in far western Union County with damage to several trees by the river. It travelled eastward, uprooting a tree at KY-871, then sliding a barn off its foundation on its second crossing of KY-871. Crossing Hilltop Rd, the tornado passed about 1.5 miles south of Uniontown. Considerable damage occurred to several homes in the Cottingham Acres Rd area along KY-130. This included significant roof damage, homes being shifted off their foundation, and an overturned manufactured home. Dozens of trees were uprooted or snapped along the path. The tornado lifted just east of Hodgins Rd after flipping a trailer several yards and turning a tractor trailer onto its side. Peak winds were estimated at 120 mph. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raleigh | $20,000 | Strong inflow winds north of a tornado track removed the siding from an outbuilding. A camper was also overturned. |
| March 2025 | Flood | Raleigh | - | Late February flooding continued into early March along the Ohio River at Shawneetown. Flooding of bottomland and surrounding low-lying areas occurred. River levels fell just below flood stage late evening on the 1st. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Raleigh | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Flood | Raleigh | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reyburn (historical) | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Spring Grove | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Blackburn | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| The Rocks | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Grove Center | 6.6 miles | 22 | |
| Harding | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Olive (historical) | 7.0 miles | 22 | |
| Henshaw | 7.3 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508895. 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.