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Crest, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Elizabethtown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42701. It lies near Tunnel Hill. The Survey maps it on the Elizabethtown quadrangle.

Crest within Hardin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

20 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Crest between 1999 and 2017, burning about 111 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySUNSHINE LANE
28 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryN. DIXIE H
7 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2009Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2000Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Crest: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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
No. 1 Fort Knox QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sandstone RoadcutSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Hardin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crest in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 3 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 2016Thunderstorm WindCrest-A public report relayed by Facebook showed a large tree down near Kentucky 434.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCrest-Local law enforcement relayed a report of one 8 inch and one 15 inch diameter tree branch downed about 5 miles north of Elizabethtown along Sheperdsville Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCrest-Trees were downed on Lower Colesburg Road near HWY 62. Several traffic lights were out as well.

Every storm recorded in Hardin 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
Tunnel Hills1.4 miles18
Indian Hills2.8 miles18
Elizabethtown4.0 miles18
Colesburg4.4 miles13
Long View4.6 miles15
Booth6.2 miles13
Younger Creek6.4 miles7
Rogersville6.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507780. 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.