Rogers, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Campton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41365. It stands on Koomer Branch. The Survey maps it on the Zachariah quadrangle. It stands 1,224 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Zachariah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Zachariah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
157 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Rogers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,618 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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 ceremony | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | HOLIDAY |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PINE RIDGE |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SLADE-CAMPTON RD |
| 2 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUFFALO TRAIL |
| 16 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRIFFEN BRANCH |
| 15 September 2004 | 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 Rogers: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rogers in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | $30,000 | A storm survey confirmed that straight line wind damaged two barns and blew down and sheared off dozens of trees. The damage path started a mile west of Rogers and ran east for two miles to Tar Ridge where damage to barns and a large number of trees occurred. The wind speeds with this storm were estimated at 70 to 80 mph. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | $5,000 | A house was shifted off its foundation in the Tar Ridge area. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | $2,000 | A tree at least 12 inches in diameter was blown down and onto power lines, blocking Hwy 715 just south of Rogers. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Rogers | $1,000 | The Wolfe county search and rescue responded to 50 rock climbers stranded by flood waters in Muir valley. The middle fork of Lower Devil Creek swelled to over 8 feet deep and 50 feet wide in spots, inundating bridges and stranding the climbers. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Glencairn Rd near Rogers. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | A tree was blown down along the eastbound lane of the Mountain Parkway, between the Pine Ridge and Campton exits. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | A tree was reported down near Rogers Elementary School. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | A tree was blown down on Tar Ridge Road near Rogers. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | Multiple trees were reported down on Glencarin Road in the community of Rogers. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | Dispatch reported trees down from Rogers to southwest of Campton, including one on a cabin near Rogers and one on Sandy Ridge Road southwest of Campton. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Rogers | - | A citizen reported up to golf ball sized hail near Rogers. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | Multiple trees were blown down across the area. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | A tree was downed by high winds on Highway 715. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | Trees were downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Ridge | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Glencairn | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Torrent | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| El Park (historical) | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| High Falls | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Booth | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Zachariah | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Leeco | 3.9 miles | 13 |
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 Rogers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691178 | 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 515087. 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.





