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Ravenna, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ravenna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40472. It stands on Chamberlain Branch. The Survey maps it on the Irvine quadrangle. 568 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 636 feet above sea level.

Ravenna within Estill County

On record in Ravenna

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Ravenna fell from 605 to 568 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
2010605
2020568-37 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

147 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Ravenna between 1994 and 2019, burning about 5,376 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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
Debris and open burning56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism28
Recreation and ceremony23
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2008Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 August 1999Natural70 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 May 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestry2187 STACY LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Estill County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ravenna: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Highway 851 Shalw ExposureClayProspect
Tipton Ridge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Estill County

Storms near this place

26 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ravenna in 26 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 5 flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2004Thunderstorm WindRavenna$30,000A barn roof was ripped off and a large tree limb fell on a restaurant, causing significant damage. Several trees were also down in the area.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRavenna$10,000Multiple trees were blown down in Ravenna.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRavenna$4,000Power was out in Ravenna due to a tree falling onto a power lines near 4th St.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRavenna$3,000Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down which fell onto a car.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindRavenna$2,000A couple of trees were blown down on Highway 1571.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindRavenna$2,000One tree blown down onto a house.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRavenna$1,000A member of the public reported multiple trees blown down and also damage to a carport along KY-1645 on the east side of Ravenna.
July 2021Flash FloodRavenna$1,000Broadway St in Irvine had several inches of water flowing across it.
April 2015Flash FloodRavenna$1,000Six to eight inches of water was observed flowing across several places along Hwy 52 between Ravenna and Tipton Ridge.
March 2015FloodRavenna$1,000Three homes, one business, and multiple vehicles were flooded on Broadway St between Irvine and Ravenna. Other roads that were closed due to flooding in the area included: Old Landing Rd at Buck Creek, Jakes Heavenly Highway, Murphys Rd on Redlick side and Noland Creek Rd.
April 2015Flash FloodRavenna$1,000Mount Scatchem Rd was under water. There was also high water observed flowing across several places along Hwy 1571.
April 2015FloodRavenna$1,000Little Doe Creek Rd was flooded.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRavenna$400A citizen observed a large tree limb blown onto a power line near Mt. Scratchum Road northeast of Ravenna.
May 2025Flash FloodRavenna-A report was made of over 6 inches of flowing water near the 800 block of Main Street in Ravenna.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindRavenna-Social media report showed half a dozen or more trees down along Old Doe Creek Road and Barnes Mountain Road.
March 2021FloodRavenna-KY-52 is closed in Ravenna between mile markers 9 and 10 due to high water across the road.
February 2019FloodRavenna-Local media reported flooding near Ravenna on Kentucky Highways 1571 and 1645. This also caused homes to be surrounded by water as the Kentucky River crested.
December 2019FloodRavenna-The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet observed high water forcing the closure of Kentucky Highway 3329 along the Kentucky River near Ravenna.
September 2018Flash FloodRavenna-Dispatch reported water flowing over several roads, including Fitchburg Road east of Ravenna.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindRavenna-A tree was blown down on KY-851 between mile markers 10 and 11.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindRavenna-Trees were reported down along Kentucky Highway 1645.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindRavenna-Several trees were down on Tipton Ridge.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Ravenna-A tornado made a brief touchdown in a field just south of Highway 1571.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindRavenna-3 trees down across route 3329.
May 2004HailRavenna-no account filed
May 2004HailRavenna-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Estill 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
South Irvine1.3 miles12
Irvine1.6 miles12
Cow Creek (historical)1.8 miles12
Sweet Lick (historical)2.0 miles12
West Irvine2.3 miles12
North Irvine2.5 miles12
Reeves (historical)2.8 miles12
Wisemantown2.9 miles15

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 RavennaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2087909The 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 514849. 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.