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Hawesville, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hawesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42348. It stands on Lead Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tell City quadrangle. 1,023 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 518 feet above sea level.

Hawesville within Hancock County

On record in Hawesville

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Hawesville grew from 945 to 1,023 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
2010945
20201,023+78 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Hawesville between 1999 and 2019, burning about 481 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
24 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOPEN PIT
7 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHoosier National ForestSCHOOL
28 April 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHoosier National ForestECHO
19 April 2016Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryINDIAN LAKE
10 April 2013Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOAK ROAD
18 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresHoosier National ForestLOST FIRE
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 February 2004Debris and open burning2.6 acresHoosier National ForestPONDEROSA FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hancock County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hawesville: 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Aluminum, Contained or Metal, Stone. 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
Cannelton MineClayUnknown
HawesvilleAluminum, Contained or MetalProducer
Perry Co. Hwy. Dept.StoneProducer
No. 8 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tell City DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hancock County

Storms near this place

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawesville in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHawesville$25,000Shingles were blown off of roofs. A trained spotter estimated an 80 mph wind gust.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindHawesville$22,000Four trees down on a house, mobile home blown off foundation
April 2006Thunderstorm WindHawesville$10,000Area homes suffered unspecified roof damage.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindHawesville$10,000Several trees and large limbs were blown down in Hawesville.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHawesville$10,000A garage and greenhouse was damaged three miles south of Hawesville.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindHawesville$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees, and blew over an outbuilding.
March 2025HailHawesville-Quarter sized hail was reported in Hawesville.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHawesville-A tree was downed by strong winds on Tick Ridge Road south of Hawesville.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHawesville-A tree was blown down over Indian Lake Drive.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHawesville-Strong thunderstorm winds resulted in multiple instances of wind damage across Hancock County.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHawesville-A tree was down on Tick Ridge Road.
February 2018Flash FloodHawesville-State officials reported numerous roads flooded and experienced high water.
February 2018FloodHawesville-Emergency Manager reported flood gates were installed at the Hawesville Boat ramp on Jefferson Street.
July 2017Flash FloodHawesville-Law local enforcement were dispatched to barricade portions of Highway 1265 due to high water coming over the roadway.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHawesville-Local law enforcement reported trees down in the area.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindHawesville-Transportation officials reported that numerous trees had to be removed from Big Rivers, Hendricks and Adair roads.
December 2015HailHawesville-A broadcast media meteorologist relayed a report of penny sized hail to the NWS.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindHawesville-The Hancock emergency manager reported three trees downed across the county. One fell across Midway Lane in Hawesville.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindHawesville-A COOP observer reported a tree down across Squirrel Tail Hollow Road.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindHawesville-The Hancock County Emergency Manager reported several trees down along Highway 60 just west of Hawesville.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindHawesville-An observer reported a tree downed by thunderstorm winds across some railroad tracks. Local emergency management also reported several trees toppled in Hawesville. One observer in Hawesville estimated wind gusts as high as 65 mph.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHawesville-Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHawesville-Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindHawesville-Trees and power lines were downed over northern parts of the county.
December 2002Flash FloodHawesville-Four to eight inches of water were flowing over Middle Knoxville Road.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindHawesville-Power lines were downed.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindHawesville-Trees were downed across roads.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHawesville-Dispatch reported lines down on River Road.
June 2018HailHawesville-no account filed
April 2006HailHawesville-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHawesville-no account filed
May 2000HailHawesville-no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindHawesville-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHawesville-no account filed
March 1997HailHawesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hancock 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
Petri3.2 miles22
Skillman4.4 miles17
Chambers4.6 miles17
Adair5.2 miles22
Sunny Corner5.6 miles14
Dukes6.0 miles14
Goering6.9 miles17
Scuffletown (historical)7.2 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 HawesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2684329The 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 493884. 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.