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Munfordville, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Munfordville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42765. It lies near Town Knob. The Survey maps it on the Munfordville quadrangle. 1,686 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 614 feet above sea level.

Munfordville within Hart County

On record in Munfordville

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 12 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Munfordville grew from 1,615 to 1,686 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
20101,615
20201,686+71 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Glen Lily, Munfordville, Hart County, KY
Glen Lily, Munfordville, Hart County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

11 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Munfordville between 2004 and 2020, burning about 45 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 July 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryYODER FIRE
5 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2011Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMCCUBBINS FIRE
18 April 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHESTNUT GROVE CEM.
24 March 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hart County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Munfordville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Geralds Stone Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Hart County

Storms near this place

39 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Munfordville in 39 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 22 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2005Tornado (F2)Munfordville$2,100,000A cold front set off a line of severe thunderstorms during the predawn hours of November 6. One of the thunderstorms spawned an F2 tornado that struck downtown Munfordville in Hart County. The tornado caused major damage to 44 homes and two businesses. Twenty-five homes were declared uninhabitable. Six businesses and 34 homes had minor damage. Munfordville Elementary School had part of the roof removed by the tornado. About 50 vehicles in a car dealership lot were totaled.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Munfordville$100,000Evidence of two brief tornado touchdowns was found embedded in a widespread area of straight line wind damage. The first tornado touchdown was in the Rowlette Street area, and the second was just outside Munfordville on Highway 357. The wind damage event then continued northeast out of town toward Glen Lily. Buildings in a three square block area in downtown Munfordville were damaged, including the Munfordville court house.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMunfordville$5,000Barn roof blown off
February 1999Thunderstorm WindMunfordville$2,000Trailer damaged in northeastern Hart county
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-Several trees fell down across Hart County.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-There were numerous reports of power lines and trees down across Hart County.
October 2014HailMunfordville-Local law enforcement reported dime to quarter sized hail in Munfordville.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-A spotter reported several trees downed near Munfordville.
March 2012HailMunfordville-A spotter reported baseball-sized hail in Munfordville.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-Trees were reported down county wide in Hart county with wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-Trees were blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in the central and eastern part of Hart county.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-Scattered trees and power lines were down across the county.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-Trees were downed across Highway 31W north of Munfordville.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-A couple of trees and power lines were downed along Highway 88 near Hardyville.
April 2008FloodMunfordville-The Green River at Munfordville crested at 30.5 feet around 1245 PM CST on April 5. Flood stage at the site is 28 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with the city park flooded under the U.S. Highway 31W bridge.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-A tree was downed across highway 569.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-A few good sized trees were blown down.
April 2003HailMunfordville-Hail four inches deep covered the ground.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-Trees and power lines were downed.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-Several large trees were downed. There was also dime size hail.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-Trees were blown down across Highway 88 just south of Munfordville.
June 2018HailMunfordville-no account filed
October 2014HailMunfordville-no account filed
March 2012HailMunfordville-no account filed
May 2010HailMunfordville-no account filed
April 2006HailMunfordville-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-no account filed
May 2006HailMunfordville-no account filed
April 2003HailMunfordville-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-no account filed
April 2002HailMunfordville-no account filed
October 2001HailMunfordville-no account filed
May 2000HailMunfordville-no account filed
May 2000HailMunfordville-no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindMunfordville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hart 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
Woodsonville0.7 miles11
Perryville1.0 miles11
Rowletts2.2 miles12
Leitchfield Crossing2.3 miles11
Mount Beulah3.1 miles11
Logsdon Valley3.8 miles11
Kessinger4.3 miles11
Hinesdale4.7 miles12

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 MunfordvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2277971The 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 499104. 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.