Knottsville, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Whitesville-Philpot census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42366. It lies near Indian Hill. The Survey maps it on the Maceo quadrangle. 183 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 548 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1903 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Maceo quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Knottsville between 1999 and 2017, burning about 100 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEAN |
| 16 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 20 BAIL |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLD CAR |
| 10 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knottsville in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knottsville | $50,000 | One barn was blown off its foundation. The roof was blown off another barn. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knottsville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knottsville | $4,000 | A large tree was blown down, blocking Highway 144 near Knottsville. A wind gust measured at 65 mph was reported by a trained spotter in Utica. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Knottsville | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | Knottsville | - | Quarter size hail fell just northeast of Knottsville. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Knottsville | - | Ping pong ball size hail occurred just northeast of Knottsville on Highway 951. |
| August 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Knottsville | - | Numerous photos of a cold air funnel that developed in a nearly stationary cell by Knottsville were taken by the public and relayed by broadcast media. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Knottsville | - | Report of hail measured to penny size was submitted via mPING. Time was estimated by radar. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Knottsville | - | The hail was reported along the Hancock County line. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Knottsville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Knottsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Lawrence (historical) | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Zion (historical) | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Scythia | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Ensor | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bethlehem (historical) | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Spice Knob | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Gatewood | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Grandview | 5.1 miles | 13 |
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 Knottsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6423124 | 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 495855. 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.






