Rock Haven, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Brandenburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40108. It lies in Rock Haven Valley. The Survey maps it on the Rock Haven quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1941 USGS Ekron quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Rock Haven quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Ekron quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Rock Haven quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Rock Haven quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Rock Haven quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Rock Haven between 2002 and 2016, burning about 68 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROLLING ACRES |
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 Rock Haven: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 4 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rock Haven in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Haven | $1,000 | The Meade County emergency manager reported that power lines were down on Rock Ridge Road due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Haven | - | Multiple trees were downed by strong winds onto homes and roads across eastern Meade County. Power lines were also brought down by strong winds and falling trees. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Haven | - | There were trees down on the 3000 block of State Road 1638. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock Haven | - | There were several trees reported down in the eastern part of the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lickskillet | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hughes Landing | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Doe Valley | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Muldraugh | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Grahamton | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Pilcher Landing | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Johnstown (historical) | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Buck Grove | 4.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508952. 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.










