BlockRoaring Spring, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Cadiz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42236. The Survey maps it on the Roaring Spring quadrangle. It stands 558 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Roaring Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Herndon quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Roaring Spring quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Roaring Spring between 1999 and 2010, burning about 245 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 48 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COMPTON RD. |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roaring Spring in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roaring Spring | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Donaldson | 10.1 miles | 7 | |
| Maple Grove | 10.6 miles | 7 | |
| Montgomery | 10.7 miles | 6 | |
| Linton | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Cadiz | 11.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cumberland Shores | 12.9 miles | 7 | |
| Buffalo | 13.4 miles | 6 |
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 Roaring Spring | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17492491 | 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 502041. 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.