Cropper, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Christianburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40065. The Survey maps it on the North Pleasureville quadrangle. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
On record in Cropper
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Swindler Houselisted 1988- Bird Octagonal Mule Barnlisted 1988
- Bird's Nestlisted 1988
- Van B. Snook Houselisted 1988
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.
- 1928 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS North Pleasureville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Cropper between 1999 and 2011, burning about 45 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 February 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RAISOR |
| 4 October 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cropper in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cropper | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the fire station in Bagdad. Trees and power lines were downed between Bagdad and Cropper. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cropper | $10,000 | The county emergency manager reported several power poles down on Pleasureville Road. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cropper | $10,000 | A large tree fell on a car on Ellis Rd. just south of the Henry county line. Several other trees were downed in the same location. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Cropper | - | Water was flowing over Eminence Pike near Drane Lane. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Cropper | - | Golf ball-sized hail was observed in the Cropper community in northern Shelby County. Hail caused minor damage to vehicles. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cropper | - | A 55 knot gust was recorded at the Kentucky Mesonet site in northern Shelby County. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cropper | - | The mesonet measured a 51 knot wind gust. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cropper | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cropper | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cropper | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Cropper | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmburg | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasureville | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Christianburg | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Old Christianburg | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mulberry | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Defoe | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Bagdad | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Consolation | 5.4 miles | 10 |
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 Cropper | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690259 | 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 490392. 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.





