Robards, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hebbardsville-Robards census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42452. The Survey maps it on the Robards quadrangle. 449 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 430 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRobards fell from 515 to 449 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 515 | |
| 2020 | 449 | -66 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1906 USGS Sebree quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Robards quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Robards quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Robards quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Robards between 1998 and 2014, burning about 116 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLDMAN |
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROKEN CHAIN FIRE |
| 28 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROBERTS RD. |
| 10 November 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FENCEROW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Robards: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Sebree Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant |
Storms near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robards in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robards | $50,000 | Thunderstorm wind blew numerous large trees onto a house and a truck in Robards. A tobacco barn filled with tobacco was destroyed 1 mile northeast of Robards. The same storm blew several large trees down, including Kentucky's largest sugar maple, in Spottsville where one home lost half of its roof. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robards | $30,000 | A microburst occurred on U.S. Highway 41 in the Robards area, then spread westward a short distance on Highway 416. Three trees were down on houses, and one tree was down on a car. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robards | $10,000 | Power poles were snapped just northeast of Robards near the interchange of Interstate 69 and Kentucky 416. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robards | $5,000 | Minor roof damage occurred to a home just east of Robards as a line of storms moved through. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robards | $5,000 | Several large trees measuring one to two feet in diameter were snapped about 50 feet above the ground. |
| February 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Robards | $5,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service revealed a short path of tornado damage a few miles northwest of the community of Robards. The maximum estimated winds were near 100 mph. A metal outbuilding completely lost its roof, with walls partially collapsed. One large tree trunk was snapped. Roofing material was lofted quite a distance into trees. Other minor tree damage was observed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robards | $5,000 | Trees were down just west of Highway 41 South on Highway 416. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robards | $1,000 | Power lines were knocked down near Robards. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robards | $1,000 | Wires were down. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Robards | - | Quarter size hail was estimated outside Robards as a supercell moved northeastward through the area. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Robards | - | Hail estimated at quarter size was reported, via mPING, from a thunderstorm moving northeastward across southern Henderson County. |
| March 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Robards | - | The tornado continued from Webster County into Henderson County. A few small limbs were blown down. Peak winds were estimated near 65 mph in the Henderson County portion of the path. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Robards | - | Water was reported over a couple of intersections in Robards and Niagara. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Robards | - | Received through the NSSL SHAVE project. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robards | - | A roof was blown off a barn. Trees were down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tunnel Hill | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Coraville | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cairo | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Anthoston | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Euterpe | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Rock Springs | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Dixie | 7.4 miles | 14 |
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 Robards | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2549696 | 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 502050. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.








