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Rowlandtown, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Paducah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42001. The Survey maps it on the Paducah West quadrangle.

Rowlandtown within McCracken County

On record in Rowlandtown

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 5 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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

22 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Rowlandtown between 1997 and 2014, burning about 81 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 1999Smoking3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySOUTH FRIE
1 August 2012Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOHNY KING
6 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFRIENDSHIP
19 July 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBUSCLAS
15 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesSTEVENS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCracken County

Storms near this place

12 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rowlandtown in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 11 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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
March 2011FloodRowlandtown1 killed, 4 hurt, $50,000no account filed
March 2024Thunderstorm WindRowlandtown$50,000A small area of enhanced straight line wind damage from a downburst blew power lines onto a home and downed trees on Strathmoor Blvd in Paducah. The downburst also removed a metal roof from a building on N 8th St. Numerous other powerlines were downed in the area as well.
January 2016FloodRowlandtown$10,000Moderate flooding continued into January on the Ohio River. At the Paducah river gage, the river crested at 46.0 feet around noon on New Years Eve. Flood stage is 39 feet at Paducah. Parts of Kentucky Highway 1420 were closed in the flood plain west of Paducah. The riverfront park near downtown Paducah was flooded and closed. Ohio River backwater was responsible for flooding of the Clarks River in eastern McCracken County. There was considerable flooding of low-lying bottomland fields and woods, and water encroached on several residences. Near the Clarks River, a few outbuildings were flooded, and Highways 787, 1255, and 131 were closed.
December 2015FloodRowlandtown$10,000Moderate flooding occurred on the Ohio River. At the Paducah river gage, the river crested at 46.0 feet around noon on New Years Eve. Flood stage is 39 feet at Paducah. Parts of Kentucky Highway 1420 were closed in the flood plain west of Paducah. The riverfront park near downtown Paducah was flooded and closed. Ohio River backwater was responsible for flooding of the Clarks River in eastern McCracken County. There was considerable flooding of low-lying bottomland fields and woods, and water encroached on several residences. Near the Clarks River, a few outbuildings were flooded, and Highways 787, 1255, and 131 were closed. The flooding continued into January.
March 2021FloodRowlandtown$2,000Minor flooding occurred on the Ohio River. Low-lying woods and farmland near the river were flooded. Some lesser-travelled river access roads were flooded. Public parks along the Paducah riverfront were closed.
December 2011FloodRowlandtown$1,000Minor flooding of low-lying fields occurred along the Ohio River. Some park land, river access roads, and boat ramps were flooded in and near Paducah.
February 2025FloodRowlandtown-Minor to moderate flooding of agricultural bottomland and surrounding low-lying areas occurred near Paducah. The river crested at 43.23' on the 19th and hovered near that level from 19th through the 24th. The moderate flood level is 43'.
January 2023FloodRowlandtown-Flooded roadways were reported at several locations in the Paducah area, mostly flood-prone underpasses and low spots. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were reported. The highest 24-hour rainfall report in the county was 3.46 inches from a cocorahs observer in Lone Oak, southwest of Paducah.
February 2022FloodRowlandtown-The Ohio River rose above flood stage and remained there into March. The crest occurred in March.
March 2008FloodRowlandtown-Moderate flooding of the Ohio River occurred. At the Paducah gage, the river crested at 45.55 feet on March 28. Flood stage there is 39 feet, and moderate flooding begins at 43 feet. The riverfront park near downtown Paducah was mostly flooded. West of the Interstate 24 bridge, a section of Noble Road was closed by flooding, and water approached several homes. Many acres of agricultural land were flooded. Crop losses were negligible since planting was not yet underway.
April 2020FloodRowlandtown-no account filed
January 2019FloodRowlandtown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCracken 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
Hinkleville0.9 miles22
Avondale Heights1.6 miles22
Paducah1.9 miles24
Cecil1.9 miles22
Littleville2.6 miles24
Forest Hill2.7 miles22
Futrell3.0 miles22
Tyler3.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 502433. 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.

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.