BlockBarcreek, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Big Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40972. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barcreek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Barcreek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Barcreek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
168 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Barcreek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 9,022 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 79 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 79 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | DRY |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | 4 CORNERS |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | DINKIE |
| 10 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | CHAIR |
| 18 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | KUDZU |
| 13 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | HOT |
| 7 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | HECTOR CHURCH |
| 4 May 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barcreek in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barcreek | - | Multiple trees were reported down along Bar Creek Road, south of Oneida. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barcreek | - | A tree was blown down on Bar Creek Road in the town of Barcreek. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barcreek | - | A tree was reported down on KY-66 at mile marker 27. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Barcreek | - | 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.
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 Barcreek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21197729 | The 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 510389. 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.