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Rothwell, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the West Menifee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40322. It stands on Steels Branch. The Survey maps it on the Frenchburg quadrangle.

Rothwell within Menifee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Rothwell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 866 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burning25 acresDaniel Boone National ForestAMOS RIDGE
2 May 2001Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 36
9 April 2013Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryAMOS RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Menifee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rothwell: 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron. 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
A.W. Walker QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProspect
J.W.Ingram DepositIronOccurrence
Indian Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Menifee County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rothwell in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2018Flash FloodRothwell$5,500A local media outlet reported water flowing across Dog Trot Road outside of Frenchburg. This led to the road completely washing out.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRothwell$1,000One tree was blown down across a road near Rothwell.
July 2021Flash FloodRothwell-Peter Trace Road is impassable and closed due to Flash Flooding near the community of Cornwell, just west of Frenchburg.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindRothwell-Trees were blown down on Peter Trace Road.

Every storm recorded in Menifee 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
Cornwell0.8 miles12
Dog Trot (historical)0.9 miles12
Hathaway Creek (historical)1.6 miles12
Peter Trace (historical)1.8 miles12
Salt Lick Creek (historical)2.3 miles12
East Fork Slate (historical)2.3 miles12
Myers Fork (historical)3.0 miles12
Fagan3.1 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122551225The 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 515122. 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.