Casey Creek, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Casey Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mannsville quadrangle. It stands 738 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Mannsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Mannsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Casey Creek between 1998 and 2019, burning about 209 acres in total. None 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COOPER RIDGE ROAD |
| 24 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HUNTING HILLS |
| 2 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RAY WILLIAMS RD. FIRE |
| 8 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Casey Creek in 1 storm report in 2021: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casey Creek | - | A tree was down across Hood Lane near Fairgrounds Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knifley | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Feathersburg | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Wethington (historical) | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Dunbar Hill | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Barnett Springs | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Neatsville | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pellyton | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Eunice | 6.4 miles | 9 |
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 Casey Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5048480 | 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 507665. 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.




