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Creekmore, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Pine Knot census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42649. It lies near Stephens Knob. The Survey maps it on the Ketchen quadrangle.

Creekmore within McCreary County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Creekmore between 1994 and 2017, burning about 3,041 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2007Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestCIGARETTE
26 June 2012Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTRAMMEL RO
8 April 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestEAGLE NEST
7 April 2002Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2001Arson/incendiarism65 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 April 1996Arson/incendiarism15 acresDaniel Boone National ForestANGEL MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCreary County

Storms near this place

8 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Creekmore in 8 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Flash FloodCreekmore$1,000Water was flowing across Granny Holt Knob Rd at mile marker 12.3. The rushing water caused trees and debris to fall onto and block a portion of the road.
August 2013Flash FloodCreekmore$1,000The following roads were impassable and being closed due to flooding: East Hwy 1416 at Woods Hill, Marsh Creek Baptist Church Rd, Hays Creek Rd, and all side roads leading from Hays Creek Rd. Water was in a structure on Cordell Flats Rd. Ed Meadows Rd was impassable. Roads were under water at the intersection of Lum Strunk Rd and KY Hwy 1470. Approximately 15 homes in the Cordell Flats community were affected by flooding. The Marsh Creek church was flooded.
March 2020HailCreekmore-A trained spotter observed quarter sized hail for 2 to 3 minutes near Hollyhill.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindCreekmore-A trained spotter observed numerous large limbs blown down near Hollyhill.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCreekmore-Trained spotter reported at least 40 trees downed on her farm along Granny Holt Road southwest of Holyhill. Additional trees were downed in the forest adjacent to the farm. Wind gusts were estimated at near 60 mph.
July 2020HailCreekmore-A trained spotter reported nickel-sized hail along Granny Holt Rd. near Hollyhill.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCreekmore-A SKYWARN spotter observed a tree and large limbs blown down on Granny Holt Knob Road east of Pine Knot.
February 2019FloodCreekmore-A trained spotter reported water over Granny Holt Knob Road along Osborne Creek southwest of Hollyhill.

Every storm recorded in McCreary 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
Hollyhill3.2 miles16
Strunk3.8 miles16
Gilreath4.5 miles16
Pine Knot4.5 miles16
Revelo7.1 miles16
Hickory Grove7.5 miles16
Stearns8.1 miles16
Whitley City9.0 miles16

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 Q122553242The 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 511632. 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.