BlockRaymond, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Irvington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40176. The Survey maps it on the Irvington quadrangle. It stands 781 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1928 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Irvington quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Irvington quadrangle1:24000
- 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
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Raymond between 1999 and 2019, burning about 230 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRUNER VALLEY ROAD |
| 4 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEAD HORSE HOLLOW FIRE |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raymond in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $15,000 | A power pole was reported down along Highway 477. |
| March 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Raymond | - | On March 14th at approximately 9:32 PM CST, radar data showed a Tornado Debris Signature (TDS) at around 2,000 feet just east of Finley and Norton Road on Highway 477. Two minutes later the TDS was larger and reached to around 3,000 feet just under a mile away to the east-southeast, still near Highway 477. ||A National Weather Service storm damage assessment survey was conducted on Thursday, March 21st, in the area of the TDS. In addition to walking the area, information was also gathered using a drone and from talking with an area homeowner. In the following weeks, additional information was gathered from other property owners. ||Just north of Highway 477, about halfway between Finley and Norton Road and Horsley Ridge Lane, the first area of damage was located. The woodline sticks out into the field separating two corn fields. At this point, a large dead tree was blown towards the southeast into the field. From here, the tornado crossed Highway 447. No damage was observed to the power lines or poles along the highway.||After crossing another large cut corn field, the tornado approached a residence on the southwest side of Highway 477. The tornado overturned a small old wood shed to the south-southwest. Winds are estimated to have been between 65-70 mph. A piece of |lumber from the shed was found 60 yards to the south of where the shed originated. ||For the next 100 yards or so, there was a scattering of aluminum housing trim that came from a pile near an outbuilding, but there was also a path of corn stover and lots of broken limbs from several dead trees in the area. Near the end of this path of light|debris, a large dead tree was uprooted and blown to the south. This was the most impressive damage from the tornado with estimated winds of 75 mph. Also in the area, an aluminum piece of gutter was bent around a small tree. ||Around 65 yards to the east-southeast, another smaller tree was freshly uprooted and fell to the east. This was the last area of observed damage from the tornado. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Raymond | - | Quarter sized hail was observed near Webster. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Raymond | - | Quarter sized hail was observed north of Webster. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | There was a piece of metal blocking the roadway on the 4300 block of Highway 477 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frymire | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Lodiburg | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Webster | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Union Star | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mystic | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Clifton Mills | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Irvington | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Sample | 6.6 miles | 17 |
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 Raymond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7298521 | 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 508906. 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.