Montgomery, Kentucky
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Cadiz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42211. The Survey maps it on the Gracey quadrangle. It stands 538 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Gracey quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Gracey quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Montgomery between 1999 and 2010, burning about 186 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 153 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONG |
| 8 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 November 1999 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | I-24 FIRE |
| 30 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MILLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montgomery in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montgomery | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused damage to a barn, silo and outbuilding, in addition to bringing down several power lines on Highway 276. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montgomery | $10,000 | A trained spotter measured a wind gust to 75 mph on Interstate 24 near Montgomery, which is near the Cadiz exit. About 1,000 households were without power in Trigg County. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montgomery | $1,000 | A large tree limb three to four inches in diameter was down on Kentucky Route 1585. Other small limbs were down in the area. |
| January 2025 | Flood | Montgomery | - | Minor street flooding was reported east of Cadiz. Radar estimated rainfall in this area was around 2 inches at the time, with an additional inch of rain spread out through the evening hours. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Montgomery | - | Flash flooding occurred over US68 near I-24. Radar estimated 3-hr rainfall totals were around two inches in the area. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montgomery | - | A wind gust to 70 mph was measured at WKDZ radio. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montgomery | - | A trained spotter near the Christian County line measured a wind gust to 58 mph. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Montgomery | - | Quarter size hail was reported on Interstate 24 at the Cadiz exit (U.S. Highway 68). |
| March 2008 | Flood | Montgomery | - | Several roads were flooded, and the Little River rose out of its banks. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | 4.1 miles | 6 | |
| Caledonia | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Cadiz | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Wallonia | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Cerulean | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Cedar Point | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Black Hawk | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Trigg Furnace | 10.4 miles | 8 |
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 Montgomery | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17492484 | 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 508628. 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.




