BlockCooktown, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tracy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42123. The Survey maps it on the Tracy quadrangle. It stands 787 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.
- 1953 USGS Tracy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tracy quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Cooktown between 2005 and 2016, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 October 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUTTON RD. FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cooktown in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Cooktown | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and found a|tornado occurred on Sunday, May 26th, 2024. The tornado started|near Peter Creek about 11 miles south of Glasgow where a rather|large area of snapped and uprooted trees was observed via drone|footage along farm fields. The tornado continued through the|forest doing extensive tree damage along Dorsey Road consistent|with 100 to 110 mph wind speeds. Drone footage was impressive|with both the extent and directions of the uprooted trees with|clear indication of convergence as the tornado crossed Peter|Creek. ||The tornado then crossed Oil Well Road and Dry Fork Road|with more tree damage before doing structural damage near the|intersection of Dry Ford Road and Cooktown Road. A few carports|were damaged and a barn had collapsed walls consistent with|EF1 95 mph wind speeds. The tornado continued along Cooktown|Road with many trees uprooted along the way through Roseville,|Caney Fork, and Button Roads near Etoile. The tornado ended near|a residence along Shoal Creek where at least 30 trees were|uprooted and damaged. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cooktown | - | A tree fell down on Peter Creek Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cooktown | - | Three barns received damage in Etoile. Trees were also blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Fork | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Peter Creek | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Etoile | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Tracy | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Roseville | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Austin | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Temple Hill | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lucas | 6.5 miles | 8 |
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 Cooktown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5167217 | 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 507749. 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.