BlockRob Roy, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Beaver Dam census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42333. The Survey maps it on the Horton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1909 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Horton quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Horton quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Rob Roy between 2000 and 2011, burning about 192 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BLISTER FIRE |
| 13 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 55 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROCKY CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rob Roy in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandefur Crossing | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Cromwell | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Horton | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Select | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Grove | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Beaver Dam | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Prentiss | 4.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508948. 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.