Carmack, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Land Between the Lakes census division. It stands on Little Carmack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eddyville quadrangle. It stands 443 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 19 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.
- 1928 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
25 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Carmack between 1999 and 2020, burning about 357 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | WILCOX CEMETERY |
| 7 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LAM HEAT |
| 14 August 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | MAMMOTH |
| 22 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | GRAFFITI |
| 1 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POPLAR CR. RD FIRE |
| 1 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carmack in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2016: 2 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 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 2011 | Flood | Carmack | $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmack | $2,000 | A tree was blown down, blocking Highway 453 in the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Carmack | - | Portions of Kentucky Highways 818 and 1943 were closed due to high water. |
| December 2011 | Flood | Carmack | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Road | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Kuttawa | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Indian Hills | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Suwanee | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Buena Vista Estates | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Wildwood Hills | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Eden Bay | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Paradise Hills | 4.3 miles | 19 |
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 Carmack | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690199 | 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 507655. 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.













