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Cannons Mill, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42602. It lies near Duvall Valley. The Survey maps it on the Savage quadrangle.

Cannons Mill within Clinton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

84 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Cannons Mill between 1999 and 2019, burning about 2,724 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 were 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism9
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3
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
20 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHAY FIRE
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenance90 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDEEP MINE
5 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 April 2007Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHUBBARD HOLLAR
19 April 2010Debris and open burning22 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton 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 Cannons Mill: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Albany QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bald Rock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cannons Mill in 1 storm report in 2024: 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
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Cannons Mill-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and found a|tornado occurred on Sunday, May 26th, 2024. A small short lived|tornado started east of Albany along Central Union Road with tree damage along a tree line just east of Branham Road. The|tornado continued and left tree damage to another tree line|between two farms south of Central Union Road. A barn had|significant damage consistent with EF1 winds that was completely|demolished. The barn damage was sent in varying directions|consistent with a tornado. The tornado then continued toward|Branham Road where a residence had a two by four wood plank sent through|the kitchen window and tree damage at the home was in varying|directions. The tornado then lifted just beyond the residence|where no other damage was observed.

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
Pikeview1.0 miles11
Concord (historical)1.3 miles11
Savage2.3 miles11
Jones Mill2.4 miles11
Albany2.4 miles12
Bug2.6 miles11
Paoli (historical)2.6 miles12
Hopkins (historical)3.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507645. 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.