Crockettsville, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Canoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41314. It stands on Joe Branch. The Survey maps it on the Canoe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1913 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Canoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Canoe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
191 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Crockettsville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 14,654 acres in total. None started naturally. 54 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 | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 415 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOWLING CREEK RD. |
| 24 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARWICK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crockettsville in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crockettsville | $2,000 | Trees were blown down onto homes and roadways. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Crockettsville | - | Water is covering the road at mile marker 1 on Hwy 315 east of Morris Fork. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Crockettsville | - | Water is covering the road at mile marker 1 on Hwy 315 east of Morris Fork. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crockettsville | - | Numerous trees, large limbs and power lines were blown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talbert | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Morris Fork | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sebastians Branch | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Beech | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Canoe | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Houston | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Dalesburg | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Altro | 5.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511646. 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.






