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Breckinridge County, Kentucky

99 topographic sheets and 10 fire insurance atlases across 2 places.

Research this county

From the record

7 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Kentucky within the United States
Breckinridge County within Kentucky
Explore by year 1878 1921

What the record shows

  • 2 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Cloverport, Hardinsburg, between 1886 and 1939.
  • 10 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 895 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 7 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 4 buildings and 3 districts.
  • 2 of the 7 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 64 populated places in this county; 64 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

7

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Cloverport Historic Districtdistrict198383002589
Falls of Rough Historic Districtdistrict197878001305
Fisher Homesteadbuilding198383002590
Joseph Holt House and Chapelbuilding197676000853
Irvington Historic Districtdistrict199897001342
Oglesby-Conradbuilding198383002591
Skillman Housebuilding198383002592

Digitised newspapers

5 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

The Breckenridge News

Cloverport, Ky., 1876 to 1955. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The county from the air

45 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,380 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 45 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-04-03, scale 1:36000
1948-04-03, scale 1:36000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-04-03, scale 1:36000
1948-04-03, scale 1:36000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-04-03, scale 1:36000
1948-04-03, scale 1:36000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-04-03, scale 1:36000
1948-04-03, scale 1:36000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-04-01, scale 1:36000
1949-04-01, scale 1:36000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-04-01, scale 1:36000
1949-04-01, scale 1:36000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-04-01, scale 1:36000
1949-04-01, scale 1:36000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-04-08, scale 1:24000
1949-04-08, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-23, scale 1:17000
1951-04-23, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-23, scale 1:17000
1951-04-23, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-23, scale 1:17000
1951-04-23, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-23, scale 1:17000
1951-04-23, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-10-20, scale 1:60000
1952-10-20, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-04-01, scale 1:24000
1956-04-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-04-01, scale 1:24000
1956-04-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-04-01, scale 1:24000
1956-04-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-04-01, scale 1:24000
1956-04-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-09-15, scale 1:40000
1959-09-15, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-09-15, scale 1:40000
1959-09-15, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-09-15, scale 1:40000
1959-09-15, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-21, scale 1:40000
1959-10-21, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:24000
1960-04-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:24000
1960-04-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:24000
1960-04-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:24000
1960-04-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-28, scale 1:24000
1962-03-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-28, scale 1:24000
1962-03-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-28, scale 1:24000
1962-03-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-28, scale 1:24000
1962-03-28, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-06-17, scale 1:24000
1969-06-17, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-06-17, scale 1:24000
1969-06-17, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-06-17, scale 1:24000
1969-06-17, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-06-17, scale 1:24000
1969-06-17, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-03, scale 1:24000
1972-01-03, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-04-01, scale 1:80000
1978-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-04-01, scale 1:80000
1978-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-04-01, scale 1:80000
1978-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-03-01, scale 1:24000
1987-03-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-03-01, scale 1:24000
1987-03-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-03-01, scale 1:24000
1987-03-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-03-01, scale 1:24000
1987-03-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-02-01, scale 1:24000
1988-02-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-02-01, scale 1:24000
1988-02-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-02-01, scale 1:24000
1988-02-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-02-01, scale 1:24000
1988-02-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

11 stations, 4 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

25 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 14-1Magisterial District 1, Hardinsburg: Hardinsburg town
  • 14-2Magisterial District 1, Hardinsburg - That part northeast of State Hwy. 259 and north of Louisville and Nashville Railroad, outside Hardinsburg town
  • 14-3Magisterial District 1, Hardinsburg - That part northwest of State Hwy. 259, north and east of U.S. Hwy. 60, outside Hardinsburg town
  • 14-4Magisterial District 1, Hardinsburg - That part southwest of U.S. Hwy. 60 and northwest of Louisville and Nashville Railroad, outside Hardinsburg town
  • 14-5Magisterial District 1, Hardinsburg - That part west of State Hwy. 65, south of State Hwy. 60, west of Harned - Ephesus Church Rd., southwest of Louisville and Nashville Railroad
  • 14-6Magisterial District 1, Hardinsburg - That part east of State Hwy. 65, north of State Hwy. 60, east of Harned - Ephesus Church Rd., and south of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
  • 14-7Magisterial District 2, Cloverport: Cloverport city: Cloverport city - That part east of Clover Creek
  • 14-8Cloverport city - That part west of Clover Creek
  • 14-9Magisterial District 2, Cloverport - That part northeast of Clover Creek, outside Cloverport city
  • 14-10Magisterial District 2, Cloverport - That part southwest of Clover Creek, outside Cloverport city
  • 14-11Magisterial District 3, Union Star: Magisterial District 3, Union Star - That part northwest of State Hwys. 64 and 376 and east of Sinking Creek
  • 14-12Magisterial District 3, Union Star - That part southeast of State Hwys. 64 and 376 and west of Sinking Creek
  • 14-13Magisterial District 4, Irvington: Irvington town
  • 14-14Magisterial District 4, Irvington - That part northeast of Sinking Creek and northwest of Louisville and Nashville Railrod, outside Irvington town
  • 14-15Magisterial District 4, Irvington - That part southwest of Sinking Creek and northwest of Louisville and Nashville Railroad
  • 14-16Magisterial District 4, Irvington - That part southeast of Louisville and Nashville Railroad, outside Irvington town
  • 14-17Magisterial District 5, Hudsonville: Magisterial District 5, Hudsonville - That part north of Germentown - Custer Rd. to east district line via Woodrow
  • 14-18Magisterial District 5, Hudsonville - That part south of Germantown - Custer Rd. to east district line via Woodrow and north of Locust Hill - Buras Rd., North Fork of Calymess Creek and road from North Fork of Calymess Creek to Howe Valley via Constantine
  • 14-19Magisterial District 5, Hudsonville - That part south of Locust Hill - Buras Rd. and northwest of North Fork of Calymess Creek
  • 14-20Magisterial District 5, Hudsonville - That part southeast of North Fork of Calymess Creek, and road from North Fork of Calymess Creek to Howe Valley via Constantine, west of State Hwys. 65 and 84, Centerview - Constantine Rd. via Hudson to the road from North Fork of Calymess Creek
  • 14-21Magisterial District 5, Hudsonville - That part south of State Hwys. 65 and 84 and the Centerview - Constantine Rd. via Hudson to road from the North Fork of Calymess Creek
  • 14-22Magisterial District 6, McDaniels: Magisterial District 6, McDaniels - That part east of Tuels Creek and North Fork Rough River
  • 14-23Magisterial District 6, McDaniels - That part west of Tuels Creek and North Fork Rough River and east of Louisville and Nashville Railroad
  • 14-24Magisterial District 6, McDaniels - That part northwest of Louisville and Nashville Railroad, east of Black Lick Creek and north of State Hwy. 261
  • 14-25Magisterial District 6, McDaniels - That part southwest of State Hwy. 261, Black Lick Creek and west of Louisville and Nashville Railroad

Wildfire, 1998 to 2019

149 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 149 of them, burning about 1,421 acres. 1 started naturally and 12 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Recreation and ceremony37
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism12
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 February 2007Recreation and ceremony70 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance65 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHREWSBURY FIRE
6 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined59 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 March 1999Arson/incendiarism50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 March 2016Recreation and ceremony50 acresKentucky Division of ForestryELZA TUCKER LANE
1 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 October 1999Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1970 to 2026

60 of 350 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 350 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 22 injuries and about $5,837,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind207
Hail80
Flash Flood27
Tornado23
Flood11
Heavy Rain1
Lightning1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2002Tornado (F2)Cloverport1 killed, 7 hurt, $750,000The tornado crossed into central Breckinridge County from Perry County, IN. The tornado lifted periodically as it crossed eastern Breckinridge County, and reached the Irvington area around 0325 EST. A 52 year old male was killed in a mobile home in Irvington. Seven people were injured. A few homes were destroyed and numerous homes were damaged. Two homes had their roofs torn off. Numerous trees were uprooted, and many outbuildings were destroyed. The tornado was estimated at F2 intensity, with spots of F3 damage.
May 2006Flash FloodIrvington1 killed, $10,000Fast flowing waters swept a car off Dents Bridge Road into Sinking Creek near Irvington. Two adults escaped from the car, but were unable to rescue a child strapped in a car seat before the car was swept away.
April 1974Tornado (F5)not stated13 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
March 2016Thunderstorm WindHarned2 hurt, $30,000An amateur radio operator reported trailers flipped over at Nancy Butler Trailer Park.
May 1995Tornado (F2)New Bethel$500,000Tornado damaged some homes. Mobile Home parks was damaged, a McDonald's roof and a Kroger's roof were damaged.
October 2007Tornado (EF2)Rosetta$300,000The EF-2 tornado began one mile east northeast of Stinnettsville, and moved to the northeast through Rosetta, where most of the damage occurred. A church was destroyed. A nearby home lost a large section of roof. Two large outbuildings were destroyed. A 16 foot trailer was moved and wrapped around a tree. Winds moved a 4500 pound tractor seven feet. A pickup truck was thrown 75 feet and flipped over. Numerous trees along the tornado path were uprooted or snapped.
August 2018LightningMc Daniels$200,000A house along Calvert Church Road was struck by lightning and caught fire.
March 2012Tornado (EF2)Cloverport$150,000This tornado originally touched down 7 miles west of Cloverport in Hancock County. It crossed into Breckinridge County around one mile west of Cloverport and had an intermittent 10 mile track, bringing the total path length across both counties to 17 miles. The twister lifted just west of Cloverport and touched down again just east of town, uprooting numerous soft and hardwood trees. The tornado strengthened to an EF-2 as it destroyed two homes on New Bethel-Cloverport Road. Farther east, near B Flood Road, several other structures received EF-1 damage. Several chicken farms had major damage with a significant loss of poultry. Just before lifting east of Route 269, the tornado downed several trees and did additional damage to a metal structure.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindCountywide$150,000Roofs were blown off two buildings in Hardinsburg. A barn was blown into a road just outside of Hardinsburg. Trees and power lines were downed countywide.
May 2016Tornado (EF1)Graysville$100,000A very narrow intense damage path of rotating winds 90 to 95 mph was embedded within a 3 mile wide area of straight line winds in eastern Breckinridge County. The tornado left a distinct path in the vegetation and destroyed a part of a large metal barn near the Rosetta General Store. It also caused the walls of 2 adjacent outbuildings and a garage to buckle out. Wind-driven hail occurring with the storm shredded the vinyl siding on the west side of a home.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindFrymire$100,000Thunderstorm winds did severe damage to a home and rendered it uninhabitable.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCountywide$100,000Trees and power lines were blown down. Unspecified structural damage was also reported.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Hardinsburg$100,000A tornado touched down just east of Old U.S. Highway 60 in Hardinsburg near the Breckinridge County Emergency Management Center. It damaged many trees along a path toward Meadowside Apartments. There was roof damage to several apartments in two complexes. The tornado tore the porch off a church. It overturned a mobile home on Cody Lane. There was also some structural and tree damage nearby caused by straight line winds. Only minor injuries were reported.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg$100,000no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMc Daniels$75,000Several roofs were blown off homes. Numerous trees were downed.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHarned$50,000A tree fell on the corner of a house in Harned.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCloverport$50,000The Emergency Manager reported trees down with one tree on a house and another blocking a road. No injuries were reported.
June 2011Tornado (EF2)Harned$50,000The tornado first touched down at the west end of H Wilson Road as an EF-0, where around one dozen trees were snapped and uprooted. A barn collapsed when an oak tree fell on it. At the intersection of State Highway 79 and H Wilson Road, EF-2 damage occurred when a roof was torn from a home and thrown 60 yards. A 30 by 50 foot barn was thrown 200 yards and metal sheeting was thrown 300 yards. Several power poles were found leaning over State Highway 79. This tornado dissipated after snapping and uprooting several trees between State Highway 79 and Harned Locust Hill Road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMc Quady$40,000A metal roof was blown off of a barn, a shed was completely blown apart, and several chicken coops were completely flattened. Multiple trees in a row were also blown down in the same direction.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCloverport$30,000A tree fell on a house in Cloverport causing power lines to come down as well.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindIrvington$30,000Local broadcast media reported that severe thunderstorm winds brought down utility poles and power lines on Highway 79 just north of Irvington.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindIrvington$30,000Several trees fell across cars in Irvington.
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Big Spg$25,000An NWS storm survey and interviews with residents confirmed a tornado touched down at approximately 828 PM EDT just west of Big Springs. A large barn suffered significant roof and wall damage resulting in the tornado to be rated EF-1 here with 85-90 mph winds. Additional damage to hardwood trees was noted along Highway 333 south. The tornado appeared to be skipping along the path at this time. The tornado lifted above the community of Big Springs, then touched down again along High Plains Road before lifting again. It then touched down again along Rineyville-Big Springs road in Harding county where it damaged a double wide mobile home. The damage at this location was consistent with EF-0 tornado damage with winds of 80-85 mph.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindIrvington$25,000A tree was blown on to a mobile home.
June 1990Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1979Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 2020Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg$20,000A boat was blown out of a carport. Several fences were blown down. A barn canopy was bent, and a cargo trailer got pushed into a truck.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGarfield$20,000A tree reportedly fell on power lines near West Highway 86. The power lines were on the ground and local power was out in the area.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHarned$20,000There was damage to a building under construction.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindIrvington$20,000Local broadcast media reported power lines down across KY 79.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAxtel$20,000Trained spotters reported trees and power lines down along State Road 1740.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg Arpt$15,000Power lines were reported down on 4th Street in Hardinsburg.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindGarfield$15,000The public reported a roof blown off a barn.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMadrid$15,000A tree fell on power lines on State Road 737.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindRaymond$15,000A power pole was reported down along Highway 477.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg Arpt$15,000An amateur radio operator reported roof damage at Breckinridge County Middle School and damage to a nearby gas station. There were also reports of structural damage to buildings on Fairgrounds Road.
May 2000HailHardinsburg$15,000Cars were damaged by hail at Hardinsburg.
November 2019Flash FloodCuster$10,000Swift water was running over parts of Highway 690 near Custer. A vehicle was submerged in water on Rosetta Corners Road also near Custer. Numerous other roads were also flooded in the county.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindHarned$10,000The public reported severe thunderstorm winds peeled the metal roof off a house and destroyed a small barn.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMystic$10,000An amateur radio operator reported wind damage due to severe thunderstorm winds. The winds were estimated to be around 70 mph and resulted in damage to a carport along with roof damage.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindStephensport$10,000Unspecified structural damage was reported.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindMc Daniels$10,000DES reported part of a roof collapsed on a school. No one was injured.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindHarned$8,000Strong straight line winds removed the roof from an old barn, throwing it onto the roof of a residence, damaging its roof in turn.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindHarned$6,000Trees and power lines were reported down along Highway 60.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindCloverport$5,000An Amateur radio operator reported areas around Cloverport were without power due to severe thunderstorm winds.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindConstantine$5,000Trained spotters reported trees and a part of a barn blown into the road on Ova Wright Lane.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCloverport$5,000A HAM radio operator relayed a report of two electric poles snapped on Hillside Drive just outside of Cloverport.
June 2011Tornado (EF0)Locust Hill$5,000This weak EF-0 Tornado was only briefly on the ground. Along Route 1401, winds estimated at 80 mph tore roof panels off of a large well constructed barn and threw them 200 yards.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindBig Spg$5,000An amateur radio operator reported the siding was blown off a mobile home.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindVanzant$3,000Trees blew down, and a dryer was lifted and landed on a car.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMc Quady$2,000A HAM radio operator reported trees and power lines down along Kentucky Highway 261 just south of McQuady.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg Arpt$2,000The local emergency manager reported that a few shingles were blown off a house in Hardinsburg.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindMc Quady$2,000The county highway department reported that a cattle traler was overturned near McQuady.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg$2,000no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindTar Fork$1,000Trees were reported down along Highway 261 and over much of the western part of the county.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindHardinsburg$1,000Windows blown out of a house
March 2026Tornado (EF1)Centerview-As the tornado continued following Rough River Lake, it uprooted trees, snapped trees, and blew a metal roof off a house before crossing back into Grayson County.
March 2026Tornado (EF1)Centerview-The tornado tore off half an outbuilding's roof and snapped and uprooted trees before crossing back into Grayson County.
March 2026Tornado (EF1)Madrid-The tornado uprooted a couple trees and blew off sections of a metal roof before crossing Rough River Lake back into Grayson County.
March 2025Tornado (EF1)Harned-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Breckinridge County, near the communities of Hardinsburg and Harned, and determined an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 100 mph occurred the evening of March 30th, 2025. The tornado had a path length of 2.55 miles and a width of 30 yards. ||The first damage that was observed was along Butler Hobbs Road where a barn had roof panels lifted off for most of the south facing side of the building. The tornado continued along Butler Hobbs Road where several trees had large branch damage. The |tornado then crossed Ephesus Church Road where another barn had roof panel loss. The most significant damage occurred along US Highway 60 near Harned where several barn buildings had significant roof damage on the east and southeast side of the |building, which was the direction that the tornado approached. A barn and garage outbuilding were completely destroyed with estimated max wind speeds of 100 mph. A nearby residence also had wind damage, but there was clear evidence that the tornado was loosing strength with winds at this location near 80 mph. After crossing US Highway 60, there was no additional observable damage from this tornado.

Mines and quarries

6 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 6 workings inside this county. 3 still produce and 3 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Limestone, General2
Clay2
Silica1
Sand and Gravel, Construction1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cloverport RoadcutSilicaProspect
Cloverport Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cloverport Pit & PlantClayPast Producer
Hardinsburg QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Irving QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Roadcut ShaleClayProspect

Every populated place in the county

64

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 2 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Cloverport, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1939

Hardinsburg, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1916 to 1925

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.