Cannonsburg, Kentucky
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Cannonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41102. It stands on Marsh Run. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle. 862 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 605 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCannonsburg grew from 856 to 862 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 856 | |
| 2020 | 862 | +6 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1901 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
119 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Cannonsburg between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,053 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELIZABETH COURT |
| 21 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | REBEL ROAD |
| 19 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUCK HAVEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cannonsburg: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Shale Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Princess Mine Big Run | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cannonsburg in 14 storm reports between 2004 and 2019: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Cannonsburg | $150,000 | Rain amounts of 2 to 3 inches likely fell in less than 2 hours. Around 25 homes flooded, mainly in the Countryside Drive and Hatchery Road vicinity south of Summit. A partially collapsed culvert helped pool the upstream water there. Roads were closed and a few water rescues also occurred. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Cannonsburg | $15,000 | Lightning struck the fire department. Assistance from Summit and East Fork volunteer fire departments helped put out the fire. The electrical system was damaged. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannonsburg | $5,000 | Trees were blown down onto power lines. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannonsburg | $2,000 | Trees were blown down along Straight Creek Road. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannonsburg | $2,000 | About a dozen trees were blown down with some damage to outbuildings. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannonsburg | $1,000 | Large branches were blown down. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cannonsburg | $1,000 | Nickel size hail fell along Interstate 64. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannonsburg | - | Trees were blown down. The electricity was also knocked out. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannonsburg | - | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannonsburg | - | Trees fell onto roads. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannonsburg | - | Several trees fell along Route 3. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Cannonsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Cannonsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Cannonsburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meads | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Rockdale | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Princess | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Mavity | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Chadwick Creek (historical) | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Summit | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Little Garner (historical) | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Coalton | 3.7 miles | 15 |
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 Cannonsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2891920 | 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 488892. 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.









