BlockCarr Creek, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Carr Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41847. It stands on Deerlick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blackey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1913 USGS Oven Fork quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Blackey quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Blackey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
382 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 382 fires within 5 miles of Carr Creek between 1997 and 2020, burning about 12,284 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 51 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 174 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 121 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MONTGOMERY CREEK |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carr Creek in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Carr Creek | $70,000 | Heavy rainfall caused a coal slurry pond to fill up with water and runoff into pay lake below. The pay lake overflowed and the pay lake's dam was partially washed out. This caused flash flooding to occur along Breeding Creek Road and a narrow part of highway 15 near Redfox. Residents were stranded due to the flooding and several homes/mobile homes were flooded during the event. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carr Creek | $8,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Highway 160 and KY 15 by wind gusts estimated at 62 mph. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Carr Creek | - | The twenty four hour rainfall total at Carr Creek was 2.35 inches. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Carr Creek | - | The twenty four hour rainfall total, as measured by the hydrometeorological automated data system at Carr Creek, was 3.45 inches. |
| June 2009 | Flood | Carr Creek | - | Three to four inches of water was flowing across Highway 15 near the Knott and Letcher county line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cody (historical) | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Littcarr | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Smithsboro (historical) | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Redfox | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Irishmans (historical) | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Breeding Creek (historical) | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Middle Carr Creek (historical) | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Amburgey | 2.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 488974. 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.