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Rineyville, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Radcliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40162. The Survey maps it on the Cecilia quadrangle. 3,039 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 705 feet above sea level.

Rineyville within Hardin County

On record in Rineyville

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

14 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Rineyville between 2001 and 2012, burning about 21 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/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMOBLEY
29 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySMALLWOOD RD.
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySUNSHINE LANE
17 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryN. DIXIE H
25 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryCUSTER FIR
4 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 April 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin 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 Rineyville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
Sandstone RoadcutSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Hardin County

Storms near this place

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rineyville in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 6 injuries. 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
May 2003Tornado (F2)Rineyville5 hurt, $1,000,000The tornado formed southwest of Rineyville near Highway 1375. It then skipped across the countryside and reached the town of Rineyville. The tornado then moved about 3 miles northeast of Rineyville and dissipated. It did not appear to be on the ground for the entire duration. Embedded in the tornado path was significant straight line wind damage. An estimated 40 homes were damaged or destroyed. Many of the heavily damaged structures were mobile homes.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindRineyville1 hurt, $15,000One person was injured as a tree was blown on to a mobile home.
March 1997Tornado (F1)Rineyville$2,000,000no account filed
March 2016Thunderstorm WindRineyville$50,000There was a public report of shingle and roof damage to several residences just north of Rineyville.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRineyville$10,000A broadcast meteorologist relayed a report that severe thunderstorm winds brought down portions of a fence as well as several trees.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindRineyville-Numerous trees down around Rineyville.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRineyville-Several trees had tree top damage with large limbs broken. A tree fell onto a house on Rineyville-Big Springs Road, producing gutter and minor roof damage.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRineyville-Several trees were blown down along Berrytown Road near Rineyville.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRineyville-Several trees were blown down, and minor damage to a barn occurred.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRineyville-A tree fell onto a home near Rineyville causing damage.
June 2017Flash FloodRineyville-The public reported high water running down street.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindRineyville-Several trees were knocked down as a severe thunderstorm passed through the area.
June 2015Heavy RainRineyville-A public report was received of 1.1 inches that fell in 25 minutes.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindRineyville-Hardin County law enforcement officials reported trees down across Hardin County due to severe thunderstorm winds.
August 2012Flash FloodRineyville-A section of State Highway 220 near Rineyville was closed due to high water.
July 2011Flash FloodRineyville-A HAM radio operator reported two feet of water flooding the intersection of State Highways 220 and 1600 in Rineyville.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRineyville-Part of a barn's roof was blown off.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindRineyville-Straight line winds blew off a portion of roof and damaged a nearby vehicle. Some debris was found approximately 100 yards away. Trees were also downed on Highway 220.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindRineyville-Power lines were downed.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRineyville-Trees and power lines were downed on Rineyville School Road.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindRineyville-County dispatch reported several trees down.
February 2024HailRineyville-no account filed
March 2017HailRineyville-no account filed
May 2006HailRineyville-no account filed
April 1999HailRineyville-no account filed
March 1996HailRineyville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hardin 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
Kraft2.2 miles17
Saint John3.5 miles17
Long View4.1 miles15
Vine Grove4.2 miles15
Perryville4.4 miles17
Rogersville5.4 miles15
Cecilia5.8 miles17
Franklin Cross Roads6.0 miles17

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 RineyvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7334664The 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 501960. 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.