Roundstone, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40456. The Survey maps it on the Wildie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Wildie quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Wildie quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1916Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Roundstone between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,360 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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 burning | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GREEN POND |
| 20 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 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 Roundstone: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockcastle-Garrard Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
13 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roundstone in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roundstone | $5,000 | The Hazard and Lexington broadcast media reported that powerful thunderstorm wind gusts caused a 100-foot antenna tower to fall onto a home along Grace Loop Road. Other than a dented roof, there was no apparent structural damage to the home. Multiple trees and branches were also blown down around the home. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roundstone | $250 | Pictures on social media showed trees and limbs blown down by strong thunderstorm wind gusts in Roundstone. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roundstone | - | Rockcastle dispatch reported a tree blown down onto Old Sigmon Loop Road, near the community of Roundstone and north of Renfro Valley. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roundstone | - | The county dispatch reported two trees blown down on Renfro Creek Road. One tree was large and laid across the entire highway near the intersection with Hurricane School Road. The other, smaller tree was reported about 1.5 miles out of Mount Vernon. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roundstone | - | The Rockcastle County dispatch reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts had knocked down a tree near the intersection of Old Sigmon Loop and US-25. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Roundstone | - | A citizen reported water over Grace Loop Road near Roundstone, forcing the closure of the road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roundstone | - | A tree was blown down along Scaffold Cane Rd. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Roundstone | - | The Rockcastle county sheriff reported that most of the roads north of Roundstone were under water. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Roundstone | - | Wildie Rd was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roundstone | - | Several trees blown down. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Roundstone | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Roundstone | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Roundstone | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildie | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Conway | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hummel | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Renfro Valley | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Disputanta | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Orlando | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Climax | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Boone | 5.5 miles | 18 |
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 Roundstone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q25021791 | 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 515135. 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.






