BlockCrum, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Laurel-Petersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It stands on Lee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Stricklett quadrangle. It stands 787 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1951 USGS Stricklett quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Crum between 1999 and 2020, burning about 537 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DUNAWAY BRANCH |
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | THURMAN BR |
| 4 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PAINT LICK |
| 15 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 344 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petersville | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Ridge (historical) | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Ridge (historic) | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Upper Indian Creek (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Stricklett | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Glen Springs | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Nashtown | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Awe | 6.2 miles | 8 |
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 Crum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5190018 | 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 511665. 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.