Clermont, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Shepherdsville Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40110. It stands on Cave Hollow Branch. The Survey maps it on the Shepherdsville quadrangle.
On record in Clermont
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
- T. Jeremiah Beam Houselisted 1987
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1949 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
53 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Clermont between 1998 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | R J CORMAN FIRE |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 1999 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clermont in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Clermont | - | Clermont Road (Kentucky Route 245) had to be closed due to flooding. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clermont | - | There was a tree on a house. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Clermont | - | One lane of KY 245 was blocked due to high water near Bernheim Forest. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clermont | - | Thunderstorm winds downed twenty trees. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clermont | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Springs | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Poplar Level | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hobbs | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ridgetop | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bardstown Junction | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lotus | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Grove | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lick Skillet (historical) | 3.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 489662. 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.







