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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.

Rogers within Wolfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

157 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony42
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestHOLIDAY
3 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPINE RIDGE
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySLADE-CAMPTON RD
2 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBUFFALO TRAIL
16 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGRIFFEN BRANCH
15 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wolfe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mill Creek StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wolfe County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2004Thunderstorm WindRogers$30,000A 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 2009Thunderstorm WindRogers$5,000A house was shifted off its foundation in the Tar Ridge area.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindRogers$2,000A tree at least 12 inches in diameter was blown down and onto power lines, blocking Hwy 715 just south of Rogers.
September 2014Flash FloodRogers$1,000The 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 2011Thunderstorm WindRogers$1,000A tree was blown down on Glencairn Rd near Rogers.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindRogers-A tree was blown down along the eastbound lane of the Mountain Parkway, between the Pine Ridge and Campton exits.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindRogers-A tree was reported down near Rogers Elementary School.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRogers-A tree was blown down on Tar Ridge Road near Rogers.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRogers-Multiple trees were reported down on Glencarin Road in the community of Rogers.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRogers-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 2017HailRogers-A citizen reported up to golf ball sized hail near Rogers.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindRogers-Multiple trees were blown down across the area.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindRogers-A tree was downed by high winds on Highway 715.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindRogers-Trees were downed.

Every storm recorded in Wolfe 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
Pine Ridge1.8 miles15
Glencairn2.3 miles12
Torrent2.4 miles13
El Park (historical)2.5 miles13
High Falls2.9 miles12
Booth3.3 miles13
Zachariah3.7 miles13
Leeco3.9 miles13

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 RogersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14691178The 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.