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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.

Cannelton within Perry County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Cannelton 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,563
20201,524-39 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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 1999

Regional 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestBUS
24 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOPEN PIT
1 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestWALTRIP
7 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHoosier National ForestSCHOOL
28 April 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHoosier National ForestECHO
19 April 2016Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryINDIAN LAKE
16 April 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestROCKY
10 April 2013Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOAK ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
HawesvilleAluminum, Contained or MetalProducer
Perry Co. Hwy. Dept.StoneProducer
No. 8 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tell City DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

15 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1994HailCannelton$50,000Golf ball-size hail fell in Cannelton and broke windows in homes and automobiles.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCannelton-A tree fell on a house.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCannelton-A tree was reported down over Chestnut Grove Road.
March 2018FloodCannelton-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 2018FloodCannelton-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 2015FloodCannelton-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 2015FloodCannelton-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 2012Thunderstorm WindCannelton-A tree was toppled by thunderstorm winds along Long Avenue near Tell City.
March 2011FloodCannelton-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 2011FloodCannelton-The Ohio River near Tell City, IN crested around 48.0 feet on April 28.
April 2011Flash FloodCannelton-Law enforcement reported flooding in the city streets.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCannelton-Trees were blown down.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindCannelton-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 2007Tornado (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 2006Thunderstorm WindCannelton-Trees and power lines were downed.

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Fenn Haven1.5 miles22
Tell City3.0 miles22
Dodd4.9 miles17
Troy6.4 miles22
Tobinsport7.1 miles14
Lauer7.9 miles14
Lilly Dale8.5 miles14
Hardingrove9.2 miles14

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 CanneltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3240418The 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.