BlockCruise, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East Bernstadt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40729. It stands on South Fork Rockcastle River. The Survey maps it on the Parrot quadrangle. It stands 1,240 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Parrot quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Cruise between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,786 acres in total. None started naturally. 65 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PEOPLE'S FIRE |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | TRACE BRANCH |
| 7 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 June 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | WOLF PEN #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cruise in 1 storm report in 2003: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cruise | - | Trees were down throughout northern Laurel County. One tree, in particular, fell and blocked Kentucky State Route 1228, near the community of Cruise, just before the road turns into River Hall Road. The tree was large enough to warrant the use of chainsaws to effectively remove it from the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamero | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Cornette | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Mershons | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Symbol | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Victory | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Oakley | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| The Hazel Patch (historical) | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Green Mountain (historical) | 5.8 miles | 15 |
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 Cruise | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690271 | 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 511664. 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.