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Cravens, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bardstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40004. The Survey maps it on the Cravens quadrangle.

Cravens within Nelson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Cravens between 2000 and 2011, burning about 104 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 April 2011Debris and open burning45 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHEELER FIRE
10 April 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2000Debris and open burning11 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBARNES FIRE
2 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nelson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cravens: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nelson County Highway Dept.Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Nelson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cravens in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCravens-Trees were downed by strong winds in Nelson County.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCravens-Local law enforcement reported a tree down along the 6000 block of Old Boston Road, which is around 2 miles west of Old Boston Road.

Every storm recorded in Nelson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bellwood1.0 miles11
West Bardstown (historical)3.1 miles9
Bardstown4.0 miles9
Withrow4.1 miles9
Hunters4.2 miles11
Bourbon Springs4.3 miles9
South Bardstown (historical)4.4 miles9
Nazareth4.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507774. 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.