Round Hill, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Kirksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40475. It stands on Round Hill. The Survey maps it on the Kirksville quadrangle.
On record in Round Hill
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 2 records
- Rolling Meadowslisted 1989
- Stephenson Houselisted 1989
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Kirksville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Round Hill between 1999 and 2016, burning about 89 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 February 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 November 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DRY BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Round Hill: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Church Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Price Valley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Round Hill in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Round Hill | - | The tornado touched down just west of Highway 595, northwest of the Kirksville community in western Madison county. There were some twisted trees in a forest grove. The tornado then hit an old farmhouse as well as a 30 X 50 foot barn. Damage from the barn was thrown to the southeast, east, northeast, and north direction. This tornado was very intermittent and was skipping with peak wind speeds of 90 mph, and widths ranging from 40 yards to a max of 75 yards. ||The NWS drone found a few twisted trees up to a quarter of a mile northeast of the farmhouse. There was no damage past that point. Immediately north of the farmhouse tornado damage, there was an older barn destroyed as well as an older tree knocked over. This was straight line wind damage of 50 to 55 mph. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Round Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirksville | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Silver Creek | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Happy Landing | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Ruthton | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Duncanon | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Buggytown | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Crow Valley | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cottonburg | 4.3 miles | 15 |
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 Round Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691182 | 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 502399. 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.






