Crailhope, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Donansburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42214. It lies near Crail Hill. The Survey maps it on the Center quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Center quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Crailhope between 1999 and 2017, burning about 390 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CENTER-THREE SPRINGS FIRE |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 March 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FROGGETT FIRE |
| 9 February 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 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 Crailhope: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crailhope in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2018: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crailhope | $300,000 | Over 160 structures were damaged in a 2-3 mile wide swath extending 15 miles from near Hiseville in Barren County northeast across Metcalfe into Green County. Three EF-1 tornadoes, with maximum winds of 100-110 mph were embedded within this area. Outside of the tornadoes, maximum winds were estimated at 70-90 mph. In Green County, non-tornadic winds did the most damage to homes 3/4 mile east-northeast of Crailhope and 1.75 miles west-northwest of Pierce. |
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Crailhope | $100,000 | The tornado touched down in an open field and moved northeast toward a corner on Mahogany Lane. Two small vortices, one 50 yards wide and the other 100 yards wide, reached speeds up to 105 mph as they destroyed a large, well-built barn and two smaller outbuildings in addition to a fifth wheel trailer. The debris from each of these structures was blown to the northeast up to mile, and exhibited both convergence and rotation. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crailhope | $50,000 | The Emergency Manager reported a communications tower buckled due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Barren | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Pierce | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Liletown | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Newt | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Grab | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Donansburg | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Exie | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Webbs | 7.6 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122541760 | 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 507770. 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.




