Crittenden, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41030. The Survey maps it on the Walton quadrangle. 4,023 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCrittenden grew from 2,401 to 4,023 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,401 | |
| 2010 | 3,815 | +1,414 (+59%) |
| 2020 | 4,023 | +208 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1950 USGS Walton quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Walton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Walton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Crittenden between 2000 and 2002, burning about 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crittenden in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 2012 | Tornado (EF3) | Crittenden | $500,000 | The tornado touched down in Grant County at 1623 EST, causing low to mid EF3 damage specifically in the Harvesters Subdivision. This damage occurred at the west end of Barley Circle. Most of the damage in the rest of the subdivision was EF1 to EF2. Based on the damage surveyed, the maximum wind speed of this tornado while in Grant County was estimated at 145 miles per hour. After traveling 1.33 miles on the ground in Grant County, the tornado then crossed into Kenton County at 1624 EST. Immediately as the tornado crossed west to east of Interstate 75, it strengthened to EF4 level. Five single family homes were destroyed down to their foundations in this area, with at least two of these homes having strapping or bolting to their foundations. The EF4 damage continued to the north end of Lexington Pike, where 2 homes and multiple outbuildings were completely destroyed. Both homes were brick structures with foundation bolting or strapping. The EF4 winds continued across Route 25 and ended near the Bagby Road area. At least 2 vehicles were carried, with one carried over 1800 feet. Trees were stripped of nearly all branches, with much of the bark also stripped. All 4 fatalities with this tornado occurred within the area of EF4 damage. As the tornado headed further to the east northeast, high end EF3 damage continued through other properties along Bagby Road, to Carlisle, Parker Grove, and Paxton Roads. Numerous double and single wide homes were destroyed, with both brick and siding structures left with collapsed exterior walls and either all or a large percentage of the roof removed. The tornado continued the east northeast path into southeast Kenton County, to the Licking River near Morning View. Damage in the Morning View area was consistent with EF1 to EF2 damage to near the Campbell County line, where the tornado lifted at 1632 EST after traveling 8.52 miles in Kenton County. Based on the damage surveyed, the maximum wind speed from this tornado while in Kenton County was estimated at 175 miles per hour. This storm produced an earlier tornado in southern Indiana. Debris, possibly from that tornado, was later observed falling from the sky across Boone County, Kentucky. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | $20,000 | Two buildings sustained minor roof damage, and a barn was destroyed. Several trees were also knocked down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | $5,000 | Several trees were knocked down across the county. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | $3,000 | There were several reports of trees down in the area due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | $2,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | $2,000 | Trees were downed. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | $2,000 | Several large limbs were downed. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | $1,000 | A tree fell across Lebanon Road. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Crittenden Mount Zion Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | $1,000 | One tree was reported down on a power line due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | - | Measured at the Crittenden RAWS observation site. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Crittenden | - | Water, three inches deep, was flowing over Courtney Road. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | - | A member of the public reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | - | The spotter estimated the magnitude of the wind gust. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Crittenden | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Crittenden | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crittenden | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Crittenden | - | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Hail | Crittenden | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Crittenden | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Crittenden | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wells (historical) | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Blackwell (historical) | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Flingsville | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Sherman | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Zion | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Northcutt | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Reid (historical) | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Jericho | 5.1 miles | 7 |
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 Crittenden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1916147 | 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 490355. 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.





