BlockRoyal, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Millerstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42726. It lies near Buzzard Roost. The Survey maps it on the Millerstown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1925 USGS Cub Run quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Millerstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Millerstown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Royal between 1997 and 2019, burning about 638 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Smoking | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONE OAK ROAD |
| 4 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DOWNS SCHOOL ROAD |
| 19 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 170 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUZZARD RIDGE FIRE |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Royal in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | A concentrated area of damage was located off of Wheeler Road, where a metal building was destroyed an multiple trees were downed by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royal | - | A tree was blown down at 100 Horntown Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Oak | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Millerstown | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Spike | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Horntown | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hilltop | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Rock Creek | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lacon | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Fragrant | 4.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508983. 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.