Rockfield, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bowling Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42274. The Survey maps it on the Rockfield quadrangle. It stands 591 feet above sea level.
On record in Rockfield
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Curd-Moss Houselisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1952 USGS Rockfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Rockfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Rockfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Photographs
2 photographs, 1916Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Rockfield between 2000 and 2011, burning about 31 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Rockfield: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockfield in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockfield | $50,000 | Local broadcast media reported severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockfield | $25,000 | The public reported that severe thunderstorm winds flattened a barn. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockfield | - | Trees were blown over in the Weather Stone subdivision, which also brought down power lines. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Rockfield | - | Rockfield Browning Road had four feet of water over the roadway. |
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockfield | - | Trained spotters reported trees down in the area. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockfield | - | There was a tree down across Nashville Road south of Chaney. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockfield | - | Many hardwood trees downed near Bogle Road. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petros | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Rich Pond | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Browning | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pilot Knob (historical) | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Memphis Junction | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Blue Level | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Old Zion (historical) | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Woodburn | 5.1 miles | 9 |
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 Rockfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24191591 | 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 502163. 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.





