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Rocky Hill, Kentucky

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brownsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42171. The Survey maps it on the Smiths Grove quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.

Rocky Hill within Edmonson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Hill between 1995 and 2014, burning about 135 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkCEDARHILL2
7 April 2011Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHAYS FIRE
3 April 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkHOGAN
19 April 2014Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPIG ROAD
7 March 2009Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2002Recreation and ceremony20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2002Recreation and ceremony21 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 March 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edmonson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Hill: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Park City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Smith Grove No. 3 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Edmonson County

Storms near this place

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rocky Hill in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2013Tornado (EF1)Rocky Hill$80,000A circulation embedded within a squall line that earlier produced an EF-2 tornado in Warren County spawned a second tornado that briefly touched down in Rocky Hill. It then lifted and touched down again around one mile to the northeast. Along its second track, which was around seven tenths of a mile, it snapped several trees within two long rows of trees along fence lines. Near the end of its path, along Louisville Road, it tore half the roof off of a home and destroyed a nearby barn.
May 2024HailRocky Hill-Quarter sized hail was observed in rural portions of southern Edmonson County.
December 2021Tornado (EF0)Rocky Hill-This tornado formed approximately 2.3 miles east of Rocky Hill near Goldenrod Lane and tracked northeast for approximately 1.1 miles before crossing into western Barren County. The tornado would continue approximately 9 miles into Barren County before crossing into southern Hart County. The tornado traveled approximately 7 more miles into Hart County before dissipating near Red Buck Estes Road at approximately 0154 CST. In Edmonson County, the tornado broke some tree branches before it quickly exited into Barren County.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRocky Hill-Several trees were reported down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRocky Hill-Several trees were reported down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRocky Hill-A tree fell along Fairview Church Road near the Edmonson Barren County line.
December 2007FloodRocky Hill-High waters from heavy rains made Kentucky highway 1339 impassable between mile markers two and three.
April 1999HailRocky Hill-Dime size hail reported near Barren county line
May 2003HailRocky Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Edmonson 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cedar Spring3.8 miles24
Pig4.8 miles23
Chaumont5.5 miles22
Union City5.8 miles22
Sloans Crossing6.0 miles22
Elko6.4 miles23
Chalybeate6.6 miles23
Rhoda7.6 miles23

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 Rocky HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7355800The 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 502246. 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.