Crayne, Kentucky
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the East Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42064. It stands on Crayne Knob. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle. 161 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCrayne fell from 173 to 161 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 173 | |
| 2020 | 161 | -12 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 20 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.
- 1916 USGS Cave in Rock quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Fords Ferry quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Fords Ferry quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Crayne between 1998 and 2017, burning about 102 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 | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NIPPER ROAD |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 December 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Crayne: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Prospect | Cobalt, Nickel, Zinc | Prospect | 1901 | |
| Pigmy Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Wallingford Prospect | Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, Zinc | Occurrence | 1898 | |
| Western Kentucky District | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1914 | |
| Blue Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Eva Tanguay Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Lafayette Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Past Producer | 1888, 1900 | |
| Marble Group | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | Underground | |
| Vinson Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | 1962 | |
| Beavers Fluorite Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crayne in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2008: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2000 | Tornado (F3) | Crayne | 3 hurt, $5,000,000 | Although the tornado tracked about 15 miles through the county with estimated top winds of 160 MPH, damage was relatively light due to the rural nature of the land. Based on aerial surveys, structures that were heavily damaged or destroyed included 85 homes, 5 to 10 businesses, and 50 to 80 barns and outbuildings. Three people in the Crayne area were transported to a hospital for non life-threatening injuries. About 35 National Guard personnel were deployed to Crittenden County, primarily for damage assessment and security operations. An emergency shelter was opened to accomodate roughly 25 homeless persons. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crayne | $20,000 | Several trees and some power lines were reported down across the county. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Crayne | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooked Creek (historical) | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lilydale | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Fredonia (historical) | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Centerville (historical) | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| View | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Mexico | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Sisco Chapel (historical) | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Marion | 4.3 miles | 20 |
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 Crayne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5183044 | 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 490310. 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.













