Dunnville, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dunnville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42528. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dunnville quadrangle. It stands 745 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Dunnville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Dunnville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Dunnville between 1998 and 2017, burning about 686 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 April 2001 | Smoking | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunnville in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunnville | $5,000,000 | DES reported an 8 mile path of destruction resulted from severe thunderstorm winds. 16 structures received major damage, while 35 received minor damage. Losses were estimated at 5 million dollars. |
| March 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Dunnville | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunnville | $5,000 | Trees were downed and there was unspecified damage to a building. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunnville | - | A large tree limb was blown down, blocking one lane of US Route 127 in southern Casey County. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Dunnville | - | Quarter sized hail was observed in Dunnville. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunnville | - | A tree was blown down by strong winds on River Road. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Dunnville | - | Ping pong ball-sized hail was observed in the Dunnville community. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Dunnville | - | A spotter 2 miles south of Rheber reported quarter sized hail that covered the ground. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Dunnville | - | A spotter reported 1.75 inch hail on Goose Creek Road. |
| March 2013 | Flood | Dunnville | - | The Casey County Road Department reported that River Road in Dunnville was impassable. A Kentucky Mesonet rain gauge nearby measured just above 2 inches of rain over a 5 hour period. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunnville | - | A tree was blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunnville | - | A tree was blown down and was blocking the roadway. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Dunnville | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Dunnville | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunnville | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunnville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riffe Creek (historical) | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Red Hill | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Evans Ford | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Phil | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Rubert Ford | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Luttrell (historical) | 3.7 miles | 7 | |
| Teddy | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Rheber | 4.1 miles | 10 |
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 Dunnville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5315627 | 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 491339. 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.




