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Bonnieville, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bonnieville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42713. The Survey maps it on the Upton quadrangle. 269 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 650 feet above sea level.

Bonnieville within Hart County

On record in Bonnieville

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Bonnieville grew from 255 to 269 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
2010255
2020269+14 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

29 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Bonnieville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 138 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
17 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2000Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 April 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHESTNUT GROVE CEM.
11 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hart County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bonnieville: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Bowles Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Childress Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in Hart County

Storms near this place

27 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonnieville in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 15 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 deaths and 14 injuries. 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
February 2025Flash FloodBonnieville2 killed, $10,000A woman called 911 after attempting to cross a flooded bridge AT 1900 Campground Road and water began to enter the vehicle. When the Bonnieville Fire Department arrived, they noticed a car partially submerged in high water. They noticed and extradited the driver's daughter from the car, but due to rising water couldn't get extradite the driver until the next day. Both occupants drowned.
March 1997Tornado (F3)Bonnieville1 killed, 14 hurt, $1,400,000no account filed
March 2012Thunderstorm WindBonnieville$200,000Sporadic wind damage consistent with a microburst was surveyed along the track of a supercell that crossed Hart County. Along Bacon Creek Spur Road, a 30 by 145 greenhouse canopy was lifted. Its supporting poles were bent. A 48 by 70 feet barn had significant roof damage. Quarter sized hail fell at this location. At 5140 State Highway 728, a 32 foot cabin was destroyed. Insulation was thrown 150 yards due east. Just to the east, two tobacco barns were destroyed. A barn canopy was bent and damaged at 11265 Hammondsville Road. The most extensive damage was surveyed along Route 357 South, one mile south of Highway 728. A single-wide mobile home was destroyed, with the roof and most of the exterior siding removed. A nearby barn was also destroyed.
May 1995HailBonnieville$25,000no account filed
April 1995HailBonnieville$1,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-Trees were down on Frenchman knob Road and Locust Grove Road.
March 2020Flash FloodBonnieville-Running water was flowing over the CSX railroad tracks.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-The Hart County Fire Department reported trees down around the intersection of Highway 728 and Campground Road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-Trained spotters reported numerous trees down across the county.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-NWS Employee reported two large oak trees down in the area.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-Trained spotters measured a 56 knot gust which brought down numerous large trees in Horse Cave and Munfordville.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-According to a public report, several large trees were down due to severe thunderstorm winds.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-A NWS Employee reported that two hardwood trees fell near Reynolds Lane east of Bonnieville.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-A thunderstorm collapsed and the resulting bowing segment knocked down several trees in the Bonnieville area.
June 2007HailBonnieville-The spotter also reported a 55 mph wind gust.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-Several trees were downed.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-Trees down
April 1998HailBonnieville-Quarter size hail reported at Bonnieville.
April 2018HailBonnieville-no account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-no account filed
May 2016HailBonnieville-no account filed
April 2006HailBonnieville-no account filed
March 2001HailBonnieville-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-no account filed
June 2001HailBonnieville-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBonnieville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hart 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
Vento2.8 miles12
Lone Star2.9 miles12
Wabash3.4 miles11
Priceville4.5 miles11
High Hickory4.9 miles11
Leitchfield Crossing5.4 miles11
Riders Mill5.6 miles12
Kessinger5.8 miles11

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 BonnievilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3179837The 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 487671. 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.