Shrewsbury, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Caneyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42721. The Survey maps it on the Caneyville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1922 USGS Leitchfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Leitchfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Caneyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Caneyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Shrewsbury between 1997 and 2010, burning about 380 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 182 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 November 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shrewsbury in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Shrewsbury | - | Quarter sized hail was reported south of Shrewsbury. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shrewsbury | - | A law enforcement official reported a barn and tree were blown down due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Shrewsbury | - | The public reported nickel size hail. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shrewsbury | - | The county's emergency manager reported a tree down on Highway 1133 near Blowtown Road. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Shrewsbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Shrewsbury | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windyville | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sadler | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Peth | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| South | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Ready | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Millwood | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Black Rock | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Caneyville | 6.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 503466. 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.







