Cannelton, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Troy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47520. It lies near Sulphur Springs Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cannelton quadrangle. 1,524 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 410 feet above sea level.
On record in Cannelton
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 3 records
Cannelton Cotton MillsNational Historic Landmark · listed 1975
Cannelton Historic Districtlisted 1987
St. Luke's Episcopal Churchlisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresCannelton fell from 1,563 to 1,524 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,563 | |
| 2020 | 1,524 | -39 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1934 USGS Cannelton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Cannelton quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Cannelton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Cannelton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Cannelton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Cannelton between 1999 and 2019, burning about 484 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BUS |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OPEN PIT |
| 1 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | WALTRIP |
| 7 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SCHOOL |
| 28 April 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | ECHO |
| 19 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | INDIAN LAKE |
| 16 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | ROCKY |
| 10 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OAK ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cannelton: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Contained or Metal, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawesville | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Producer | ||
| Perry Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| No. 8 Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tell City Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cannelton in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 1 hail, 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 1994 | Hail | Cannelton | $50,000 | Golf ball-size hail fell in Cannelton and broke windows in homes and automobiles. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannelton | - | A tree fell on a house. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannelton | - | A tree was reported down over Chestnut Grove Road. |
| March 2018 | Flood | Cannelton | - | The Ohio River at Cannelton remained above flood stage during early March. The river crested in late February but didn't drop below flood stage until March 5. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Cannelton | - | The Ohio River at Cannelton Lock went above Flood Stage (42') on February 19, and exceeded Major Flood Stage (46') from 0330 CST February 23 into March. The river crested at 50.68' at 2045 CST on February 26, which was the highest level since 1997, and the 7th highest stage on record. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Cannelton | - | Several rounds of heavy rain both locally and well upstream brought the Ohio River at Cannelton to flood. The river crested at 42.3 feet on April 18th, then fell below flood stage on April 20th. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Cannelton | - | Heavy rain events during late December brought the Ohio River at Cannelton into minor flood. The river crested on December 30 at 42.97 feet. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannelton | - | A tree was toppled by thunderstorm winds along Long Avenue near Tell City. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Cannelton | - | The Ohio River at Cannelton crested around 45.3 feet at 615 AM EST on March 15. Flood stage at Cannelton is 42 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with some agricultural land covered near Cannelton and Cloverport, KY. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Cannelton | - | The Ohio River near Tell City, IN crested around 48.0 feet on April 28. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Cannelton | - | Law enforcement reported flooding in the city streets. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannelton | - | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannelton | - | Several trees were reported down across the county. Two trees fell across power lines between Cannelton and Tell City. Another tree fell across a road just north of Cannelton. |
| October 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Cannelton | - | A thunderstorm that had earlier produced a tornado in Daviess and Hancock Counties in Kentucky crossed the Ohio River near Hawesville, Kentucky. It produced an EF-1 tornado which touched down just northeast of Cannelton in Perry County, Indiana. Witnesses reported seeing a visible tornado intermittently lifting and touching back down as it moved northeast across the county, snapping and uprooting trees along its path. Most of the damage occurred near a Girl Scout camp on Cann Heights Road about two and a half miles northeast of Cannelton. The tornado ended near Plock Knob in southern Perry County, but the parent storm continued to produce intermittent wind damage across the southern part of the county. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannelton | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenn Haven | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Tell City | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Dodd | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Troy | 6.4 miles | 22 | |
| Tobinsport | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lauer | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lilly Dale | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hardingrove | 9.2 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cannelton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3240418 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 450757. 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.









