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Roanoke, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hodgenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42748. It lies near Cecil Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Nelsonville quadrangle.

Roanoke within Larue County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

18 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Roanoke between 1999 and 2014, burning about 263 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 ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2011Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCUNDIFF FIRE
16 April 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 March 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Larue County

Storms near this place

6 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roanoke in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2023Thunderstorm WindRoanoke1 hurtOne person sustained a neck injury from storm debris that was blown through a window at their residence.
April 2026Tornado (EF0)Roanoke-After the radar tornado debris signature (TDS) left Hardin County it moved into Laru County. This EF0 tornado likely skipped several times along its 2.2 mile track. Damage indicators were hard to come by, but a playground at Union Christian Church was damaged. No damage was found along Kerrick Lane where the track of the rotation passed, but then some tree damage was noted on Dan Dunn Rd and then ended on Spencer School Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Pictures showed a few uprooted trees.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Trees were blown down by strong winds in northern Larue County.
July 2023FloodRoanoke-Flooding on Dan Dunn Road was observed.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Larue 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
Carter (historical)4.1 miles18
Lyons4.9 miles9
Athertonville6.1 miles9
White City (historical)6.4 miles8
Tonieville6.7 miles15
Hodgenville7.3 miles8
Leafdale8.1 miles8
Mathers Mill10.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508947. 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.