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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Nelsonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Nelsonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1999Regional 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 ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CUNDIFF FIRE |
| 16 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roanoke | 1 hurt | One person sustained a neck injury from storm debris that was blown through a window at their residence. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roanoke | - | Pictures showed a few uprooted trees. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roanoke | - | Trees were blown down by strong winds in northern Larue County. |
| July 2023 | Flood | Roanoke | - | Flooding on Dan Dunn Road was observed. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roanoke | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carter (historical) | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lyons | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Athertonville | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| White City (historical) | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Tonieville | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Hodgenville | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Leafdale | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Mathers Mill | 10.0 miles | 15 |
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.




