Rowletts, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Horse Cave census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42749. It lies near Summer Seat Knob. The Survey maps it on the Horse Cave quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Horse Cave quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Horse Cave quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Horse Cave quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Horse Cave quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Rowletts between 1998 and 2017, burning about 74 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | YODER FIRE |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MCCUBBINS FIRE |
| 28 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Rowletts: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geralds Stone Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Horse Cave Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rowletts in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 (EF2) | Rowletts | 1 hurt | This tornado formed approximately 1.6 miles west southwest of Rowletts near L and N Turnpike Road and tracked northeast for approximately 14.2 miles before crossing into western Green County. The tornado continued approximately 9.7 miles into Green County before dissipating at 0215 CST. In Hart County, the same supercell which came from Bowling Green extended another tornado to the ground on the down-sloping side of Fisher Ridge, just east of I-65 on Highway 335. Here, many barns collapsed on tobacco farms and hardwood trees were snapped. The tornado then continued through Rowletts where snapped/uprooted large trees and roof damage was found at the Caveland Country Club. The tornado then encountered terrain on Dawson Knob where little damage was found, however the tornado quickly intensified on the down-sloping side. The tornado continued down Shady Lane Church Rd. where it destroyed many homes, took roofs off structures and homes, collapsed well-built barns, destroyed an Amish schoolhouse, snapped/uprooted many trees, downed many powerlines, and took the lives of many farm animals. The tornado weakened to the northeast of Hardyville where damage was determined to be EF1 and EF0 to the Green County border. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rowletts | - | Multiple reports of trees down in southern Hart County. Tree damage was reported on the 2000 block of South Dixie Highway, along Lawler Road, Shady Lane Church Road, Logsdon Valley Road, and Caldwell Road North. Nearby Kentucky Mesonet station HDYV gusted to 56 mph. |
| January 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rowletts | - | There were numerous trees down in Rowletts. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rowletts | - | The Hart County emergency manager reported several trees down across the county due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rowletts | - | A Hart County law enforcement official reported that a large tree fell down across US 31W near Rowletts due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rowletts | - | Several trees were downed near Rowletts and Monroe in central Hart County. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Rowletts | - | Kentucky 335 between the 2 and 3 mile markers was closed due to high water. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Rowletts | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodsonville | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Munfordville | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Perryville | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Logsdon Valley | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Leitchfield Crossing | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Horse Cave | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Beulah | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bunnell Crossing | 4.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 502434. 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.






