Perryville, 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.
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hart County Deposit Bank and Trust Company Buildinglisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Munfordville Baptist Churchlisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away
Munfordville Presbyterian Church and Green River Lodge No.88listed 1980 · 1.0 miles away
Hart County Courthouselisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1934 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Perryville between 2004 and 2020, burning about 50 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | YODER FIRE |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MCCUBBINS FIRE |
| 18 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHESTNUT GROVE CEM. |
| 24 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Perryville: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geralds Stone Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bowles Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect | ||
| Childress Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perryville in 1 storm report in 2019: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Perryville | - | Water was rushing over Lawler Bend Road. There was another road closed on KY 1140. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munfordville | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Leitchfield Crossing | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Woodsonville | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Beulah | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Rowletts | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Kessinger | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Logsdon Valley | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hinesdale | 4.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508804. 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.






