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Corydon, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Corydon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42406. The Survey maps it on the Poole quadrangle. 737 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 456 feet above sea level.

Corydon within Henderson County

Population over time

2 figures

Corydon grew from 720 to 737 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
2010720
2020737+17 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Corydon between 1998 and 2010, burning about 4 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/undetermined1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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
28 March 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 October 2010Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBUSH HOG
19 October 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henderson County

Storms near this place

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corydon in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2020Tornado (EF2)Corydon$500,000The tornado began in Corydon, passed across the southern outskirts of Henderson, and ended a mile or so west of Spottsville. The tornado did roof, siding, and fascia damage to dozens of homes along the path. At least a dozen barns or outbuildings sustained roof or structural damage. One large barn was completely destroyed, with debris scattered hundreds of yards from its foundation. The tornado moved northeast across the intersection of the Audubon Parkway and Highway 41 on the south side of Henderson. A Kentucky state road maintenance facility at that intersection sustained damage. A salt dome was destroyed, and a radio tower was blown down. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 115 mph.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Corydon$350,000The tornado entered the southwest corner of the county from Union County. Most of the significant damage occurred near Robards, where three mobile homes were destroyed. Several large barns were destroyed. An empty grain silo was damaged. Upwards of 100 trees were down. The damage ended along U.S. Highway 41 near the Pennyrile Parkway at a truck stop. Peak winds were estimated near 110 MPH.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindCorydon$50,000Numerous trees were blown down across the county. Two houses were damaged by falling trees, including one in Reed and another in Corydon. About ten streets were blocked by downed trees around the county.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCorydon$25,000Several trees were reported down in the community of Corydon. A large tree and power lines were down in the community of Smith Mills.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCorydon$15,000The roof and two chimneys of a house were blown off. The roof was a rubberized roof recently installed after a tornado the previous year.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindCorydon$10,000Several trees and large limbs were blown down in Corydon.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindCorydon$3,000no account filed
March 2022Thunderstorm WindCorydon$1,000A tree was blocking a road. About 2000 customers were without power in Henderson County.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCorydon$1,000A tree was down on Highway 145.
September 2024FloodCorydon-Minor ponding of water on roads and in fields occurred in Corydon. A nearby station picked up 1.31 inches of rain in 51 minutes.
February 2019FloodCorydon-Kentucky Highway 136 was closed from the 0 to 6 mile marker due to flooding.
April 2011Flash FloodCorydon-Numerous roads were flooded and closed, including some main arteries such as U.S. Highway 60 between Corydon and Waverly.
March 2005HailCorydon-Scattered thunderstorms developed over western Kentucky during the evening. Extremely cold temperatures aloft caused many of the storms to be accompanied by small hail and even an isolated report of dime-size hail.
May 2002HailCorydon-no account filed
April 1999HailCorydon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Henderson 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
Jonesburg2.6 miles14
Rock Springs2.9 miles14
Wilson3.5 miles17
Cairo3.9 miles14
Dixie4.5 miles14
Geneva4.8 miles17
Smith Mills4.9 miles17
Tunnel Hill5.3 miles14

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 CorydonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2458260The 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 490133. 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.