BlockGrassy Creek, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grassy Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It stands on Greear Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cannel City quadrangle. It stands 787 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Cannel City quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Cannel City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
95 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Grassy Creek between 1997 and 2020, burning about 917 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER LONG |
| 3 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER LONG BRANCH |
| 7 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grassy Creek in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grassy Creek | $5,000 | The Morgan County emergency management reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts had knocked down numerous trees across the county, including at least one tree over the road at Grassy Creek. |
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Grassy Creek | $3,000 | The Department of Highways reported a major break in pavement, made worse by heavy rain on February 23rd, on Kentucky Highway 705 near Grassy Creek. This led to an extended closure of the road. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grassy Creek | $1,000 | A tree was blown down in Grassy Creek. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Grassy Creek | - | Grassy Branch Creek is flooding over nearby roads, likely in the Grassy Branch community. A ditch approximately 5 feet deep is well overflowing. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grassy Creek | - | A tree was blown down and across a road. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grassy Creek | - | A tree was blown down at the intersection of Hwy's 705 and 460. |
| March 2012 | Flood | Grassy Creek | - | Highway 460 was closed due to high water. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Grassy Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Grassy Creek | - | 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.
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 Grassy Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5597606 | 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 508121. 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.