Crown, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Whitesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41858. It lies near Loggy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Mayking quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1913 USGS Oven Fork quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Mayking quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Mayking quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
209 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Crown between 1997 and 2020, burning about 8,256 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 | 103 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHITCO HIL |
| 22 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COWAN |
| 23 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crown in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crown | $25,000 | Power lines were blown down 2 miles northwest of Whitesburg in the Sand Lick and Smoot areas. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Crown | $1,000 | Flooding caused a culvert on KY 931 to become blocked. Debris on the roadway made the road impassable. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crown | - | Trees were blown down and onto Hampton Branch Road near Whitesburg. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellcraft | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Marlowe | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Smoot Creek (historical) | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Van | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| West Whitesburg (historical) | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Whitco | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Whitesburg | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Southdown | 2.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 516839. 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.








