Canmer, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hardyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42722. It lies near Watkins Island. The Survey maps it on the Canmer quadrangle. It stands 636 feet above sea level.
On record in Canmer
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
- Pearce-Wheeler Farmlisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Munfordville quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Canmer quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Canmer between 2006 and 2011, burning about 39 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 | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SCOTT FIRE |
| 19 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOWARD FIRE |
| 8 November 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canmer in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. The reports record 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canmer | 2 hurt, $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Canmer | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was observed east of Hardyville. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canmer | - | A tree was blown down along Boyds Knob Road. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canmer | - | The Munfordville Mesonet station measured a wind gust of 74 MPH. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canmer | - | A Kentucky Mesonet site measured a 58 mph wind gust. |
| January 2018 | Hail | Canmer | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Canmer | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Canmer | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Lily | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Rio | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hardyville | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Old Linwood (historical) | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Linwood | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hinesdale | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bunnell Crossing | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Defries | 4.6 miles | 8 |
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 Canmer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690193 | 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 488880. 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.





