Ralph, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fordsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42368. It stands on Taylor Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dundee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1907 USGS Whitesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Whitesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Ralph between 1997 and 2017, burning about 98 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BELLS FIRE |
| 27 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROAD BANK FIRE |
| 9 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FREINDSHIP |
| 20 March 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OVERHANGIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ralph in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ralph | - | A tree was uprooted in a yard along New Cut Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ralph | - | Trained spotters reported downed trees blocking the road near the intersection of State Road 764 and State Road 1738. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Ralph | - | Highway 1414 at Magen Road had several inches of water over the roadway. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Ralph | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adaburg | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Magan | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Deanefield | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Aetnaville | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bells Run | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Taffy | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Dundee | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sunnydale | 5.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508897. 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.







