BlockCranston, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hilda-Triplett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40351. It stands on Clear Fork. The Survey maps it on the Cranston quadrangle.
On record in Cranston
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Cranston Voting House No. 12listed 1998 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Cranston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Cranston quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Cranston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 949 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | BIG PERRY |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BEN HAM |
| 28 June 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | US 60 |
| 9 May 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | HALE ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cranston in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cranston | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down on Rock Fork Road and Highway 377. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cranston | $5,000 | Trees were blown down on State Route 377 at Pond Lick Road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cranston | $4,000 | Trees were blown down northwest of Cranston. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cranston | $3,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cranston | - | County highway department reported 5 trees blown down between MM 5 and MM 6. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cranston | - | A trained spotter observed trees downed along with surrounding debris near Interstate 64 just northeast of Cranston. |
| March 2013 | Flood | Cranston | - | Old Sportsman Club Road and Cimarron Road were closed due to flood waters from the North Fork of Tripplett Creek. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cranston | - | Trees were blown down on Kentucky 799 north of Morehead. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Cranston | - | The Cranston fire chief reported that quarter size hail was falling in Cranston off KY 377. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Cranston | - | Flash flooding occurred on United States Highway 60 near the Carter County line. Also, roads were flooded near Hayes Crossing, with the south branch of Triplett Creek out of its banks. One spotter stated that this was the highest he had seen the creek in 12 years. Numerous roads around the county were also flooded. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Cranston | - | Heavy rains caused creeks to overflow onto several roadways. Roads were impassable for about an hour. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cranston | - | Trees blown down by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cranston | - | Trees downed. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Cranston | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cranston | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511626. 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.