Perry Park, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Owenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41098. It stands on Big Twin Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Liberty quadrangle. It stands 466 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1950 USGS New Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Perry Park between 1997 and 2013, burning about 58 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BETHEL FIRE |
| 25 November 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROB FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Perry Park: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K.T.Dome Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Twin Valley Mine & Mill | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Plant |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perry Park in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2021 | Flood | Perry Park | 1 killed | Moderate flooding occurred along the Kentucky River due to heavy rain earlier in the week. A man drowned in the flood waters near Perry Park. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry Park | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were downed. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry Park | $5,000 | Numerous trees were downed near Perry Park due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry Park | $5,000 | Numerous trees were downed across the county due to thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry Park | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced strong winds which lifted up a police cruiser. Dime size hail also occurred. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry Park | $4,000 | A few trees were blown down on State Route 355. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry Park | $3,000 | Trees were downed. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Perry Park | - | Several roads were flooded and impassable, and creeks were out of their banks across the southwest portion of the county. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Perry Park | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moxley | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Squiresville | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Wheatley | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cull | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Home | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Gratz | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| New Liberty | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Owenton | 8.4 miles | 9 |
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 Perry Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7169866 | 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 500432. 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.



