Carrs, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Vanceburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It lies near Fairmont Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Concord quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1919 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Concord quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Vanceburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Concord quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Concord quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Carrs between 1997 and 2014, burning about 176 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OSMAN FARM |
| 22 March 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | QUIKS RUN |
| 17 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Carrs: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Roadcut Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrs in 1 storm report in 2018: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Carrs | $15,000 | A water line was washed out along Quicks Run Road about 2 miles from KY-8. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queens | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Concord | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Covedale | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Clarksburg | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Charters | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Herron Hill | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Pence | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Vanceburg | 6.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507659. 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.








