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.
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.
- John Logan Houselisted 1975 · 0.8 miles away
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.
- 1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Stanford quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Stanford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1998Regional 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LANDFILL |
| 23 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAZZLETT HOLLOW |
| 21 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PETTIT |
| 29 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOLE IN TH |
| 30 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SOUTH FORK |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastside Roadcut Clay Bed | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect | ||
| Roadcut Clay Bed | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect | ||
| Westside Roadcut Clay Bed | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Tornado (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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rowland | - | A tree was reported down in Lincoln County. |
| November 2019 | Flash Flood | Rowland | - | The media and county dispatch reported high water over county roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Lynn (historical) | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Morgan Manor Addition | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Stanford | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Harmon Heights | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Logantown | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Maywood | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Mount Zenia (historical) | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Walnut Flat | 3.4 miles | 7 |
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.






