Crutchfield, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fulton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42041. The Survey maps it on the Crutchfield quadrangle. It stands 397 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Crutchfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Water Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Crutchfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Crutchfield between 1997 and 2016, burning about 65 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MURCHERSON ROAD FIRE |
| 16 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CORNFIELD |
| 6 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CRUTHFIELD |
| 27 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FIELDS RD |
| 24 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HIGH VOLTS |
| 19 April 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crutchfield in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 3 hail, 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crutchfield | $2,000 | A barn roof was blown off along Highway 924. |
| December 2024 | Flood | Crutchfield | - | Water was reported on KY-94 near Jeffress Rd. Radar estimated rainfall was around 1-1.5 inches. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Crutchfield | - | Quarter-size hail fell along U.S. Highway 51 at the Fulton/Hickman County line. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crutchfield | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Crutchfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Crutchfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony (historical) | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Union (historical) | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Ebenezer (historical) | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Riceville | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cayce | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Liberty (historical) | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Fulton | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Jordan | 7.4 miles | 18 |
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 Crutchfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690273 | 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 490433. 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.




