BlockRed Cross, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rocky Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42171. The Survey maps it on the Lucas quadrangle. It stands 781 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1926 USGS Scottsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Lucas quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Red Cross between 1998 and 2014, burning about 100 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROCKY FIRE |
| 15 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Cross in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Cross | - | Multiple trees were blown down in western parts of Barren county. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Red Cross | - | Highway 68/80 was impassable near the Warren County line. Other impassable roads included Mayfield Mill Rd. near 68/80 in eastern Barren County and Highway 1297 west of Glasgow. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Cross | - | A roof was blown off of a front porch and a tree was blown down in Breckton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Railton | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Beckton | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Rocky Hill | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Merry Oaks | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Berry Store | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bon Ayr | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Finney | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Apple Grove | 5.3 miles | 24 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q7303958 | 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 508909. 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.