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Rowland, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Stanford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40484. It lies near Needmore Hill. The Survey maps it on the Stanford quadrangle.

Rowland within Lincoln County

On record in Rowland

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

17 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Rowland between 1998 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2010Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLANDFILL
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHAZZLETT HOLLOW
21 September 2020Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPETTIT
29 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryHOLE IN TH
30 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2013Arson/incendiarism40 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySOUTH FORK
5 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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 Rowland: 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Eastside Roadcut Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Roadcut Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Westside Roadcut Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rowland in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Rowland-A storm damage team surveyed EF1 tornado damage with a max wind speed around 95 mph and a max width of 90 yards in Lincoln and Garrard Counties. The tornado touched down near the intersection of US Highway 27 South and KY Highway 698, where it collapsed a barn and topped some softwood trees. The tornado then continued|south of Rowland where some more trees were topped.||Downstream the tornado uprooted some trees near Stingy Creek Road. The tornado then continued to the Lincoln/Garrard County line in the Preachersville community.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindRowland-A tree was reported down in Lincoln County.
November 2019Flash FloodRowland-The media and county dispatch reported high water over county roads.

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
West Lynn (historical)1.5 miles13
Morgan Manor Addition1.6 miles13
Stanford1.7 miles13
Harmon Heights2.4 miles13
Logantown2.6 miles13
Maywood3.0 miles7
Mount Zenia (historical)3.3 miles12
Walnut Flat3.4 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 502428. 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.