BlockCrocus, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 42629. It stands on Battle Branch. The Survey maps it on the Creelsboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Creelsboro quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Crocus between 1998 and 2014, burning about 274 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 July 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CROCUS |
| 2 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KENNETH BLEDSOE |
| 8 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 1999 | Smoking | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DALE MORRISON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crocus: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crocus in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crocus | - | The Adair County emergency manager reported many trees down across various locations in the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montpelier | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Glens Fork | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Cundiff | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Gum Grove | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Inroad | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Joppa | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Walnut Grove (historical) | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Fairplay | 5.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507785. 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.