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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.

Crittenden within Grant County

Population over time

3 figures

Crittenden 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.

YearPeople Change
20002,401
20103,815+1,414 (+59%)
20204,023+208 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

2 since 2000

Regional 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 ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
7 March 2002Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 March 2000Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

22 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012Tornado (EF3)Crittenden$500,000The 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 2007Thunderstorm WindCrittenden$20,000Two buildings sustained minor roof damage, and a barn was destroyed. Several trees were also knocked down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCrittenden$5,000Several trees were blown down.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindCrittenden$5,000Several trees were knocked down across the county.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCrittenden$3,000There were several reports of trees down in the area due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindCrittenden$2,000A few trees were downed.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCrittenden$2,000Trees were downed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCrittenden$2,000Several large limbs were downed.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCrittenden$1,000A tree fell across Lebanon Road.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindCrittenden$1,000A tree was downed on Crittenden Mount Zion Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCrittenden$1,000One tree was reported down on a power line due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCrittenden-Measured at the Crittenden RAWS observation site.
December 2015Heavy RainCrittenden-Water, three inches deep, was flowing over Courtney Road.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindCrittenden-A member of the public reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCrittenden-The spotter estimated the magnitude of the wind gust.
March 2024HailCrittenden-no account filed
May 2017HailCrittenden-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCrittenden-no account filed
June 2009HailCrittenden-no account filed
November 2002HailCrittenden-no account filed
April 2000HailCrittenden-no account filed
June 1998HailCrittenden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
The Wells (historical)1.5 miles10
Blackwell (historical)2.0 miles10
Flingsville2.8 miles10
Sherman3.5 miles8
Mount Zion4.1 miles7
Northcutt4.6 miles8
Reid (historical)4.8 miles8
Jericho5.1 miles7

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 CrittendenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1916147The 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.