Craycraft, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. It lies near Concord Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Montpelier quadrangle. It stands 948 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Montpelier quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Craycraft between 1998 and 2016, burning about 172 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHITE OAK |
| 11 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 Craycraft: 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Craycraft in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craycraft | - | Local law enforcement reported that severe thunderstorm winds brought down a tree, blocking portions of Russell Springs Road east of Columbia. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craycraft | - | A law enforcement official reported trees 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove (historical) | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Concord (historical) | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ozark | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Gentrys Mill | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Garlin | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Christine | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Joppa | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Purdy | 4.1 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.
| Wikipedia article on Craycraft | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5183031 | 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 507775. 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.




