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Krebs, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the St. Johns-Freemont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42003. It stands on Bee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Symsonia quadrangle.

Krebs within McCracken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

33 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Krebs between 1997 and 2018, burning about 166 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySOUTH FRIE
16 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 August 2012Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOHNY KING
28 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCracken County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Krebs: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dunning MineClayPast Producer
Massac Creek Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in McCracken County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Krebs in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2009Thunderstorm WindKrebs$8,000About 30 feet of the roof of a mobile home was peeled back. Minor damage occurred at neighboring residences, and a road was blocked by downed limbs.
February 2025Flash FloodKrebs-A portion of Highway 1014/Houser Road was closed due to flash flooding.
December 2015Flash FloodKrebs-Flooding of Champion Creek sent water flowing across the intersection of Highways 994 and 1014. The water was two to three inches deep over a 30-foot area. Barricades were put up for creek flooding that affected Highway 1322 just southwest of Lone Oak.

Every storm recorded in McCracken County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Woods (historical)0.6 miles11
Sunny Slope (historical)0.8 miles11
Freemont1.5 miles11
Garrett (historical)1.8 miles11
Hovekamp2.0 miles24
Sheehan Bridge2.2 miles11
Yopp3.1 miles12
Hendron3.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 495874. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.