BlockCreston, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42539. It lies near Tennessee Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Clementsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1952 USGS Clementsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Creston between 1998 and 2019, burning about 564 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COOPER RIDGE ROAD |
| 9 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHRISTIAN |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 April 2001 | Smoking | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Creston in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Creston | - | A tree blew down and covered one lane of State Road 70. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Creston | - | Numerous trees and power lines down |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Creston | - | Numerous trees and power lines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rheber | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Foster (historical) | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Clementsville | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Red Hill | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Riffe Creek (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Evans Ford | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Boyle (historical) | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Rubert Ford | 4.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507781. 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.