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Priceville, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bonnieville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42765. The Survey maps it on the Munfordville quadrangle.

Priceville within Hart County

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.

Fires near this place

23 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Priceville between 1998 and 2015, burning about 69 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
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
9 September 1999Smoking10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2000Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPLEASANT HILL CHURCH
31 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryROCKY HILL RD.
26 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Priceville: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Childress Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Murray Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in Hart County

Storms near this place

23 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Priceville in 23 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2008Thunderstorm WindPriceville$100,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed two barns near 9758 Highway 1140.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPriceville$25,000A spotter reported a barn with significant structural damage at 728 Priceville Road. A nearby outbuilding was flattened. Quite a few trees were toppled in the area.
August 2011LightningPriceville$4,000A tree along Kentucky Highway 728 in Priceville was struck by lightning and toppled onto a mobile home, damaging a door and some windows.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindPriceville$2,000The Priceville law enforcement reported that thunderstorms winds removed a barn's roof. Numerous trees were downed across the county.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPriceville-A tree was blown down near the intersection of Mud Branch Road and Priceville Road, blocking one lane of traffic.
July 2024Flash FloodPriceville-A vehicle had to be rescued along Raider Hollow Road. The vehicle was not on the road at the time of the rescue, but had fallen into a water-filled ditch along the side of the road.
February 2023Flash FloodPriceville-Raider Hollow Road had to be closed due to flooding.
January 2022Tornado (EF0)Priceville-NWS Storm Survey Teams found EF-0 tornado damage across northern Hart County. A barn along E Sullivan Rd was damaged where some of the roofing was found 400 yards away. The weak tornado was very elevated and next hit power lines on the east side of the road. The most significant damage was to a 100 x 50ft barn with damage thrown 200-250 yards back to the southwest. The barn foundation moved 18 inches to the east. A 2 x 4 from the barn was thrown 60 yards to the north-northwest and was impaled into the 2nd story of an adjacent house. There was very minor tree damage as much of the tornado was highly elevated. The tornado lifted in a field just northeast of this residence.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPriceville-Hart County dispatch reported trees down along the 9700 block of Raider Hollow Road.
April 2011HailPriceville-A trained spotter reported 1 to 1.5 inch hail.
April 2011HailPriceville-In addition to the hail wind gusts were estimated to be 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPriceville-Law enforcement reported that trees were downed countywide.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindPriceville-Trees were blown down. A spotter estimated a 75 mph wind gust.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindPriceville-Trees were downed.
May 2003HailPriceville-Large hail up to quarter size covered the ground.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Priceville-The path length and width, along with the intensity are estimates, since no damage was reported with the touchdown.
April 2011HailPriceville-no account filed
April 2007HailPriceville-no account filed
April 2007HailPriceville-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindPriceville-no account filed
November 2005Thunderstorm WindPriceville-no account filed
August 2002HailPriceville-no account filed
May 2000HailPriceville-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
Riders Mill2.6 miles12
Lone Star3.0 miles12
Lines Mill3.1 miles13
Macon3.5 miles13
Bonnieville4.5 miles12
Kessinger4.9 miles11
Roseburg5.8 miles13
Mount Beulah5.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 501330. 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.