Perryville, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Radcliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42701. It lies near Blueball Hill. The Survey maps it on the Howe Valley quadrangle.
On record in Perryville
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Blue Ball Churchlisted 1988 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1932 USGS Big Clifty quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Big Clifty quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Howe Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Howe Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Howe Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Perryville between 2000 and 2014, burning about 108 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SMALLWOOD RD. |
| 22 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SAINT JOHN'S |
| 26 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JAMES DUVALL FIRE |
| 19 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perryville in 4 storm reports in 2016: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perryville | $50,000 | An amateur radio operator reported several barns and wooden fences destroyed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Perryville | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail near Blueball Hill. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perryville | - | An 8 inch diameter cedar tree fell down near Blueball Hill. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perryville | - | The public reported several trees knocked down by thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Howe Valley | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Kraft | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Rineyville | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Franklin Cross Roads | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Saint John | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Vertrees | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Cecilia | 6.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508805. 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.









