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Pulaski County, Kentucky

86 topographic sheets and 13 fire insurance atlases across 2 places.

Research this county

From the record

43 National Register listings published here, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Kentucky within the United States
Pulaski County within Kentucky

What the record shows

  • 2 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Somerset, Burnside, between 1886 and 1953.
  • 13 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 1,033 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 43 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 31 buildings, 7 districts, 3 objects and 2 sites.
  • 3 of the 43 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 94 populated places in this county; 94 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Mill Springs National Cemetery, 9044 West Highway 80, Nancy, Pulaski County, KY
Mill Springs National Cemetery, 9044 West Highway 80, Nancy, Pulaski County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

43

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Battle of Dutton's Hill Monumentobject199797000670
Battle of Mill Springs Historic Areasdistrict199393000001
Battle of Mill Springs Historic Areas (Boundary Increase)site200908001121
Beatty-Newell Housebuilding198585001834
Boland Housebuilding198484001939
Buck-Mercer Housebuilding198484001941
Burnside Historic Districtdistrict198484001944
Burnside Lodgebuilding198484001946
Burnside Methodist Churchbuilding198585001836
Confederate Mass Grave Monument in Somersetobject199797000671
Crawford Housebuilding198484001952
A. Jackson Crawford Buildingbuilding198080001665
Dabney Post Officebuilding198484001954
Eubank Elementary Schoolbuilding2025100011666
Evans Housebuilding198585001837
William Fox Housebuilding197878001391
Gover-Hardin Housebuilding200707000674
Harvey's Hill Historic Districtdistrict198484001958
Hotel Beecherbuilding198484001960
James-Hansford Housebuilding198585001838
James-Owens Housebuilding198585001839
Mill Springs National Cemeterysite199898000592
Morrow Housebuilding198484001962
Nancy Elementary Schoolbuilding2025100011667
North Main Street Historic Districtdistrict198484001964
Parker Housebuilding198484001970
Payne Housebuilding198585001840
Payne Millbuilding198484001968
Dr. John Milton Perkins Housebuilding197878001392
Robinson Millbuilding198484001971
Dill Scott Housebuilding198484001972
Shopville Elementary Schoolbuilding2025100011689
Smith Housebuilding198484001974
Beecher Smith Housebuilding198484001973
Somerset Armorybuilding200202000926
Somerset City School and Carnegie Librarybuilding197878001393
Somerset Downtown Commercial Districtdistrict198282002742
South Courthouse Square Historic Districtdistrict198484001975
US Post Office-Bronstonbuilding198585001835
Waddle-Prather Housebuilding198484001976
West Columbia Street Districtdistrict198484001977
Withers Housebuilding198484001978
Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer Monumentobject199797000672

The county from the air

32 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,070 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 32 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-03-14, scale 1:23600
1950-03-14, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-03-14, scale 1:23600
1950-03-14, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-03-14, scale 1:23600
1950-03-14, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-03-14, scale 1:23600
1950-03-14, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-18, scale 1:23600
1951-04-18, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-18, scale 1:23600
1951-04-18, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-18, scale 1:23600
1951-04-18, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-18, scale 1:23600
1951-04-18, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:24000
1960-04-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:24000
1960-04-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:24000
1960-04-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:24000
1960-04-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-27, scale 1:24000
1962-03-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-27, scale 1:24000
1962-03-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-27, scale 1:24000
1962-03-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-27, scale 1:24000
1962-03-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-15, scale 1:24000
1965-02-15, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-15, scale 1:24000
1965-02-15, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-15, scale 1:24000
1965-02-15, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-15, scale 1:24000
1965-02-15, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-18, scale 1:119044
1972-05-18, scale 1:119044. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-18, scale 1:119044
1972-05-18, scale 1:119044. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-18, scale 1:119044
1972-05-18, scale 1:119044. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-18, scale 1:119044
1972-05-18, scale 1:119044. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-17, scale 1:78000
1976-03-17, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-17, scale 1:78000
1976-03-17, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-17, scale 1:78000
1976-03-17, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-17, scale 1:78000
1976-03-17, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

13 stations, 4 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

55 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 100-1Magisterial District 1: Ferguson town
  • 100-2Somerset city: Somerset city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits; E. Mt. Vernon, May, Hawkins Ave., College, E. Oak; N. Main
  • 100-3Somerset city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by E. Oak; College, Hawkins Ave., May E. Mt. Vernon Ave.; N. Main
  • 100-4Somerset city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; N. Main; W. Columbia; Ohio, State Huy. 80
  • 100-5Somerset city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits, State Hwy. 80; Ohio, W. Columbia, N. Main; W. Mt. Vernon, Ward line; City limits
  • 100-6Somerset city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by E. Mt. Vernon; City limits; Bourne Ave.; S. Central Ave.
  • 100-7Somerset city - That part of Ward 3, excluding Beecher Hotel Bounded by Ward line, W. Mt. Vernon, E. Mt. Vernon; S. Central; Cotter Ave., Ward line; Southern Rwy.
  • 100-8Beecher Hotel (In Somerset city, Ward 3)
  • 100-9Somerset city - That part comprising Ward 4 Bounded by Ward line; Southern Rwy., Ward line, S. Main, Monticello, Southern Rwy.; City limits; City limits
  • 100-10Somerset city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Candler, Broadway, Mary Dale Ave.; Bourne Ave.; High; Race, Cotter Ave.
  • 100-11Somerset city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Ward line, Cotter Ave., S. Central; Mary Dale Ave., Broadway, Candler, Cotter Ave., Race, High; Bourne Ave., Ward line; Southern Rwy., Monticello, S. Main
  • 100-12Somerset city - That part comprising Ward 6 Bounded by Bourne Ave.; City limits; City limits; Southern Rwy., Ward line, Bourne Ave.
  • 100-13Magisterial District 1 - That part east of State Hwy. 391 and north of State Hwy. 80, outside Somerset city
  • 100-14Magisterial District 1 - That part west of State Hwy., 391, outside Somerset city
  • 100-15Magisterial District 1 - That part south and east of State Hwy. 80, outside Somerset city and Ferguson town
  • 100-16Magisterial District 2: Magisterial District 2 - That part north of Oil Center - Somerset Rd. and State Hwy. 80, and east of Fishing Creek
  • 100-17Magisterial District 2 - That part west of Fishing Creek
  • 100-18Magisterial District 2 - That part south of Oil Center - Somerset Rd. and northwest of U.S. Hwy. 27 and Sardis - Somerset Rd.
  • 100-19Magisterial District 2 - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 27 and southeast of Sardis - Somerset Rd.
  • 100-20Magisterial District 2 - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 27
  • 100-21Magisterial District 3: Magisterial District 3 - That part southeast of Burnetta - Oil Center Rd. and State Hwy. 80, and north of State Hwys. 80 and 196
  • 100-22Magisterial District 3 - That part northwest of Burnetta - Oil Center Rd. and State Hwy. 80, north of State Hwy. 196 and east of Faubush - Fine Thicket School Rd. via Cains Store to district line
  • 100-23Magisterial District 3 - That part west of Dorena - Fine Thicket School Rd. via Ingle, and west of House Fork
  • 100-24Magisterial District 3 - That part south and west of Faubuah - Pine Thicket School Rd., west of State Hwy. 196, east of House Fork and Dorena - Pine Thicket School Rd.
  • 100-25Magisterial District 3 - That part east and south of State Hwy. 196, and west of Cumberland River - Burnetta Rd. via Norfleet and Naomi
  • 100-26Magisterial District 3 - That part east of Cumberland River - Burnetta Rd., south of State Hwy. 196 and west of White Oak Creek
  • 100-27Magisterial District 3 - That part east of White Oak Creek, south of State Hwys. 196 and 80 and west of State Hwy. 235
  • 100-28Magisterial District 3 - That part south of State Hwy. 80 and east of State Hwy. 235
  • 100-29Magisterial District 4: Science Hill town
  • 100-30Magisterial District 4 - That part east of Southern Rwy., outside Science Hill tom
  • 100-31Magisterial District 4 - That part west of Southern Rwy., north of Ansel - Pulaski Rd. and east of Fishing Creek
  • 100-32Magisterial District 4 - That part west of Fishing Creek
  • 100-33Magisterial District 4 - That part south of Ansel - Pulaski Rd., west of Clifty Creek and east of Fishing Creek
  • 100-34Magisterial District 4 - That part east of Clifty Creek, south of Ansel - Pulaski Rd. and west of Southern Rwy., outside Science Hill town
  • 100-35Magisterial District 5: Eubank town
  • 100-36Magisterial District 5 - That part east of State Hwy. 391, Crab Orchard - Ocala Rd. and Clifty Creek
  • 100-37Magisterial District 5 - That part west of Crab Orchard - Ocala Rd. and Clifty Creek, north of Buck Creek and east of State Hwy. 391
  • 100-38Magisterial District 5 - That part west of State Hwy. 391, north and east of Buck Creek
  • 100-39Magisterial District 5 - That part west of Buck Creek and north of Briar Greek, outside Eubank town
  • 100-40Magisterial District 5 - That part south of Briar Creek, southwest of Buck Creek, west of State Hwy. 391 and north of Pulaski - Bobtown Rd.
  • 100-41Magisterial District 5 - That part south of Buck Creek and east of State Hwy. 391
  • 100-42Magisterial District 5 - That part south of Pulaski - Bobtown Rd. and west of State Hwy. 391
  • 100-43Magisterial District 6: Magisterial District 6 - That part east of Buck Creek and north of Buck Creek - Conrad Rd. to east county line via Dahl and Sinking Valley
  • 100-44Magisterial District 6 - That part west of Buck Creek
  • 100-45Magisterial District 6 - That part south of Buck Creek - Conrad Rd. via Dahl and Sinking Valley to east county line, north of State Hwy. 80 and Pleasent Run School - Acorn Rd. and east of Buck Creek
  • 100-46Magisterial District 6 - That part south of State Hwy. 80 and east of Mt. Victory - Acorn Rd. from south magisterial district line to State Hwy. 80
  • 100-47Magisterial District 6 - That part south of State Hwy. 80 and Pleasant Run School - Acorn Rd., west of Mt. Victory - Acorn Rd. and east of Buck Creek
  • 100-48Magisterial District 7: Magisterial District 7 - That part east of Buck Creek
  • 100-49Magisterial District 7 - That part west of Buck Creek and north of State Hwy. 192
  • 100-50Magisterial District 7 - That part south and west of State Hwy. 192, west and north of Buck Creek; northeast of Alcalde - Ahab Rd. and Pitman Creek
  • 100-51Magisterial District 7 - That part southwest of Pitman Creek and Alcalde - Ahab Rd. and west of Buck Creek
  • 100-52Magisterial District 8: Burnside city
  • 100-53Magisterial District 8 - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 27 (State Hwy. 90), outside Burnside city
  • 100-54Magisterial District 8 - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 27 (State Hwy. 90) and east of Kidder - Burnside Rd. and south of State Hwy. 90, outside Burnside city
  • 100-55Magisterial District 8 - That part north of State Hwy. 90 and west of Kidder - Burnside Rd., outside Burnside city

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

248 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 248 of them, burning about 8,294 acres. 1 started naturally and 69 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning90
Arson/incendiarism69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Recreation and ceremony37
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Three of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 November 2005Arson/incendiarism2,537 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGILBERTS CREEK
26 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined643 acresDaniel Boone National ForestADDISON
9 November 2001Arson/incendiarism500 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined484 acresDaniel Boone National ForestROCKCASTLE FIRE
17 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined205 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKING TOWN# 2
29 April 2001Arson/incendiarism204 acresDaniel Boone National ForestBILLOWS
12 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined165 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHAYNES CEMETERY
18 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined165 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBELL FIRE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1957 to 2026

60 of 761 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 761 reports for this county, causing 7 deaths, 65 injuries and about $16,192,750 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind459
Hail150
Flash Flood57
Flood33
Tornado27
Heavy Rain20
Funnel Cloud8
Lightning7

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1974Tornado (F3)not stated6 killed, 30 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
May 2025Tornado (EF4)Ingle1 killedNWS survey teams dispatched on Saturday morning to Russell and |Pulaski Counties, where they were able to confirm a touchdown |along KY-619, about 2.5 miles northeast of Jamestown. Upon |touchdown it caused damage to a garage, two antenna towers, and |several trees. Sporadic damage east of KY-619 seems to suggest |that the tornado may have briefly lifted for a few hundred yards |after its initial touchdown point, before touching back down in a |grove of trees between KY-619 and John Streat Road. EF-1 damage |was observed in this area, with winds estimated between 95 and 100|mph. The tornado caused roofing damage to a house along John |Streat Road as it continued east, also producing a swath of |uprooted trees as it crossed a finger of Lake Cumberland. The |tornado gradually intensified as it crossed Parks Ridge and |continued through the community of Eli and points eastward. The|damage in this area was consistent with high-end EF-1 and EF-2 |winds, between 100 and 130 mph. ||The tornado then continued across the Pulaski County line, where |it caused considerable damage near the Faubush and Nancy |communities, before making it's way to the south side of Somerset.|Here it strengthened as it came down a steep hillside into the |city. Some residences and numerous businesses were affected, with |survey results showing high end EF-2 damage along Parkers Mill |Way and S Hwy 27. On the eastern edge of the city it affected the |South Kentucky RECC, causing catastrophic damage to all buildings,|as well as surrounding businesses. Damage in this region shows a|likely strengthening to low-end EF-3 winds.||The damage path continued on eastward towards the Daniel Boone |National Forest, where additional EF-3 damage was incurred. This|includes the lifting, twisting, and throwing of a high tension |power pole eastward several hundred yards downwind in a nearby |field off of Rush Branch Road, and destroying multiple residences.|High-resolution satellite imagery shows the tornado plowing |through the Daniel Boone Forest, with complete destruction of |trees through the middle of the path. It also reveals a path width|of nearly a mile wide during this time, including the strongest |inflow into the storm. This was also confirmed by the survey crew |on Monday. ||The tornado then exited the forest and moved towards the south|side of London between 11:35 and 11:45 EDT. It is at this point |that it started impacting large residential areas as it set sites |on the London-Corbin Airport. Two teams surveyed the damage in |southern London for several days. The survey results showed that |the tornado continued to strengthen just west of the I-75 |corridor, as it started towards the Sunshine Hills subdivision. It|was here that some of the heaviest damage occurred, with the |tornado taking a direct path through the subdivision. Many homes |were wiped clean from their foundations, with vehicles thrown and |trees debarked with only stubs of the largest limbs left. It is in|this subdivision where the majority of casualties occurred. |Survey teams and subject- matter experts all looked at the damage |that had occurred in this location and agreed that the tornado had|increased again to around 170mph based on the damage, making it |an EF-4 rated tornado. ||After the tornado passed over I-75 around 11:45 EDT, it headed |for the airport, continuing to cause high end EF-3 damage to both |the airport and residential communities adjacent to the west along|the center of it's path. After exiting the airport, it caused |extensive damage at Levi Jackson Park, the Laurel County |Fairgrounds, Crooked Creek Golf Course, and neighboring |subdivisions. The tornado began to lose considerable strength |after this point, with generally EF-0 damage reported as it |neared East Laurel Road (Hwy-80) and Mt. Salem Rd (KY-488). The |tornado appears to have lifted just east of KY-488, based on NWS |ground surveys, satellite, and aerial video. NWS survey teams |followed the circulation path eastward through Clay and Leslie, |but were unable to find any reports that the tornado touched back |down in these counties. ||By the time it lifted, just a few minutes before midnight, the |tornado had carved out a damage path of just shy of 60 miles over|the course of 3 counties. One death was reported in Russell and |another in Pulaski County. Sadly, 17 lives were lost in Laurel |County.
April 1974Tornado (F3)not stated5 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
April 1991Thunderstorm Windnot stated5 hurtno account filed
April 1991Thunderstorm Windnot stated5 hurtno account filed
April 1974Tornado (F3)not stated5 hurtno account filed
May 2004Tornado (F1)Somerset4 hurt, $300,000A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Jackson, KY confirmed that an F1 tornado touched down near White Oak Gap around 2 am. Maximum wind was determined to be near 100 mph. Five mobile homes were completely destroyed and many were significantly damaged. Four people suffered significant injuries as mobile homes were tossed, and rolled into each other.
August 2003LightningSomerset3 hurt, $40,000Lightning strikes took out power lines, and left about 450 customers without power for about four or five hours. A bolt of lightning hit a restaurant on United States Route 27 and knocked a 3 by 5 inch hole in the chimney and also damaged electrical equipment. Several motorists witnessed a bolt of lightning hit the pavement along Grand Central Boulevard with one person saying that "it knocked a piece of blacktop up in the air and it fell on the other lane in the street". A Pulaski County teenager was struck by lightning while in a ski boat on Lake Cumberland, and was in serious condition. Two others in the boat were treated for minor injuries.
May 2022Tornado (EF1)Bronston2 hurtNWS verified an EF-1 tornado that touched down on Hardwick Road in Bronston, and moved northeast, lifting in the community of Antioch. Two injuries were sustained when a mobile home was flipped on Hardwick Road. The tornado had maximum winds of 110 mph with a path length of just over 3 miles and a path width of 100 yards. A video of the tornado 1 mile NNW of Tateville was also posted on social media.
April 1971Tornado (F4)not stated2 hurtno account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWillailla1 hurtThe county emergency manager reported one person was injured due to a falling tree on the north side of Lake Cumberland.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBurnside1 hurtA person was injured by thunderstorm wind gusts in Burnside.
August 2003LightningBurnside1 hurtOne man was injured when he was struck by lightning.
July 2001LightningSomerset1 hurtLightning from a thunderstorm struck a man in the Somerset area. The man survived the strike and received only minor injuries.
May 2002HailCountywide$5,000,000During the evening of May 1st, a severe thunderstorm moved southeast across much of Pulaski county. A large swath of golfball to softball size hail pounded much of the county causing considerable damage to numerous homes and automobiles. Downed trees due to strong winds were reported in Eubank.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindSomerset$1,000,000Thunderstorm winds damaged many homes throughout the southern and central portion of the county. Especially hard hit was the Parkers Mill area where 50 to 70 homes received structural damage according to the Public Safety Officer of the county. Winds were estimated to be 80 to 100 miles an hour. Also trees and power lines were down througout the county.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Science Hill$500,000Over 20 homes and 4 barns were damaged or destroyed. Children were in a mobile home which had blown over on Kentucky Highway 1247, but were able to get out before emergency workers arrived. Damage extended from Kentucky Highway 635 near the northwestern county line to Price and Cave Springs roads, east of Science Hill. The tornado also knocked down numerous trees and power lines.
June 1994Tornado (F1)not stated$500,000A small tornado in Mount Victory caused minor damage to three mobile homes and two houses and extensive damage to a grocery store, part of its roof was ripped off. County Sheriff reported seven vehicles and several trees and power lines were damaged.
April 1993Thunderstorm Windnot stated$500,000Several buildings were damaged by high winds. One radio station reported a wind gust of 60 mph. In addition many trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2001Tornado (F1)Somerset$350,000On the afternoon of July 4th, severe thunderstorms developed over portions of south central and southeastern Kentucky. One of the storms spawned a multi-segmented tornado which first touched down northwest of downtown Somerset. The damage began along Old Salts Road where a mobile home was destroyed. Three barns were severely damaged and one barn was destroyed. Many trees were snapped off at the base. The tornado lifted and touched down again in the Norwood Subdivision. Roof damage to framed homes and snapped trees resulted. The tornado skipped along its east southeast path and produced damage again at Highway 27 where two businesses were damaged. Several homes in the Camelot Subdivision received roof damage. The tornado also hit northern Pulaski Middle school where a portion of the school roof blew off then water pipes broke and produced flooding in the building. The last mention of damage occurred near Mount Victory where tree damage was experienced and an outbuilding was blown 18 inches off of its foundation. This tornado skipped continued to skip along a path east southeast into Laurel County.
April 1963Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindSomerset$125,000Trees and power lines were blown down mainly in the Somerset area. Areas that received tree and power line damage included Slate Branch Rd south of Somerset, Hwy 1643 east of Somerset, Ferguson, and Bourbon Rd in Oakhill.
March 2013Tornado (EF1)Ferguson$100,000A storm damage survey team consisting of officials from the National Weather Service in Jackson, KY and the Ferguson Fire Department confirmed damage from an EF-1 tornado in the Ferguson community. Touchdown occurred at a warehouse building on Waddle Street. The tornado traveled approximately 700 yards, destroying the warehouse, damaging the roofs of several homes and downing multiple trees along it's path. The warehouse building destroyed in this tornado received roof damage from the January 30th tornado as the two tornado tracks overlapped for a short distance.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSomerset$100,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in and around the city of Somerset.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindSomerset$100,000Several trailers were blown over by thunderstorm wind gusts. A trailer in the Science Hill Area on highway 635 was destroyed. Trees and power lines were also blown down both the southern and southwestern portions of the county.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindSomerset$100,000Numerous trees and powerlines down. Several trailers overturned. Damage occurred mainly in the western, northern, and eastern ends of the county.
June 2004Flash FloodTateville$100,000Trailers and automobiles were inundated with water from flash flooding in Tateville. Four to five feet of water was over Highway 90 near Burnside.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$80,000Dispatch reported that a tree was blown down on Danny Drive south of Burnside, while a large oak tree was blown down onto a house south of Somerset.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindSomerset$79,000Multiple instances of wind damage occurred countywide between 330 pm and 415 pm.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindEubank$75,000A trailer was blown over. Several trees and power lines were also blown down near Eubank and Woodstock.
February 1997Thunderstorm WindSomerset$60,000no account filed
May 2018LightningWest Somerset$50,000Local media relayed a report of a hay barn set on fire by a lightning strike near Somerset.
February 2012Tornado (EF1)Science Hill$50,000A storm damage survey team from the National Weather Service office in Louisville, Kentucky confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in Pulaski County on February 29, 2012. Touchdown occurred about 3 miles east northeast of Science Hill and lifted or dissipated near the community of Dabney 1.5 miles to the east. Winds were estimated to have reached 110 mph. Damage included the total destruction of one barn and major damage to several others. The top of a silo was taken out and major damage occurred to the roofs of a few homes towards the end of the tornadoes path.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindSomerset$50,000The Pulaski county EM received numerous reports of downed trees and structural damage from around the county. Reports were received of shingles being blown off of roofs and of a carport being blown into a street and causing damage to an occupied car.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMt Victory$50,000A barn roof was blown off near Pea Ridge Road on Highway 1003. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down on Highway 192 13 miles east of Somerset.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindSomerset$50,000Trees and power lines blown down county wide by wind gusts estimated at 63 mph.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindMt Victory$50,000Winds blew half of a tin roof off of a shed. Numerous trees and power lines down county wide. Damage caused by winds estimated at 63 mph.
March 2002Flash FloodSomerset$50,000Heavy rains caused a wall of an abandoned store to collapse, a tree to fall, and sewers to back up.
May 1995Thunderstorm Windnot stated$50,000Wind damage reported, roads blocked by trees. A tree was thrown through a mobile home, and funnel clouds spotted.
May 1995Tornado (F1)Near Science Hill$50,000Numerous trees and power lines blown down. Also, a few roofs blown off and barns destroyed reported by fire department. The damage path was from East Todd Road to Old Bull Road.
April 2009Tornado (EF0)Eubank$40,000A storm survey team consisting of NWS employees has confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in Pulaski County Friday afternoon near Eubank. The tornado first touched down on Ellison Pulaski Road near Highway 70 and traveled northeast a half mile before exiting into Lincoln County. Maximum winds were determined to be up to 85 mph based on the damage surveyed. There was light structural damage to a barn roof and numerous pine trees were uprooted and snapped off. The tornado was 50 yards wide at its widest point and had an exact path length of 0.55 miles. The time of touchdown in Pulaski County was determined by radar and eyewitness reports to be at 3:14 pm. The tornado traveled northeast and exited the county at 3:17 pm. Most of the damage caused by the tornado was to trees with a couple of shingles also peeled off of a barn roof.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindBronston$40,000Baseball size hail (2.75 inch diameter) damaged vehicles and homes. Trees were also down due to severe thunderstorm winds.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSomerset$35,000Numerous trees were blown down county wide by thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2007Tornado (EF1)Mangum$35,000AN EF1 tornado which moved out of Casey county into Pulaski county partially tore a well built pole barn roof off near the county line. The path length inside Pulaski county was approximately 0.3 miles and the path width was 75 yards.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSomerset$30,000Numerous reports and photos via social media of trees down and property damage in and around Somerset. A few minutes later, at 1:20PM EDT, a mPING report came in of large limbs blown down in Somerset as well.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMt Victory$30,000Multiple trees were blown down and the roofs of several buildings were blown off in Mount Victory.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMt Victory$30,000Several trees were blown down in Mount Victory and White Lilly. Roofs were blown off barns on Piney Grove Rd and Hwy 192 in White Lilly.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindSomerset$30,000Numerous trees were blown down countywide by thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindWoodstock$25,000A trained spotter and dispatch reported trees downed along Kentucky Highway 39 between Woodstock and Bandy. Near Bandy, Kentucky Highway 70 had a tree downed near it while another tree was blown down onto a trailer with a barn being knocked down as well.
August 2016Flash FloodMt Zion$25,000Dispatch relayed a report of water swiftly flowing over a bridge on Norwood Mount Zion Road where it crosses over Big Clifty Creek outside of Science Hill. A father and daughter were rescued by a state trooper after their vehicle became stranded in these flood waters.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$25,000An employee of Alton Blakely Ford south of Somerset reported that extensive damage occurred to numerous vehicles on the car lot, the dealership sign, the showroom roof, and the buildings HVAC system. The paint, windshields, and headlights of numerous vehicles had been damaged to varying degrees by flying debris. The thunderstorms winds blew a piece of the damaged fiberglass sign through the windshield of one of the cars on the dealership lot.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindScience Hill$25,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSomerset$25,000Trees and power poles were blown down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindBandy$25,000A roof was blown off of a barn. There were also several trees blown down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindNancy$25,000Thunderstorm winds blew over a mobile home. A roof was blown off a garage and several 30 inch diameter trees were blown down.
May 1967Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1965Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindShafter$20,000A shed was displaced and a roof was damaged on a mobile home by thunderstorm winds southwest of Somerset near KY-1642.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$20,000A tree was reported down on a house along Patterson Branch Road. The extent of the damage is unknown.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSomerset$20,000A tree was reported to have been blown down onto a residence somewhere in the Somerset vicinity.

Mines and quarries

6 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 6 workings inside this county. 5 still produce and 1 is closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken5
Clay1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fishing Creek ShaleClayProspect
American Concrete Stone Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Price Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pulaski PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Somerset QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tateville MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every populated place in the county

94

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 2 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Pulaski County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Somerset, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1950

Burnside, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1908 to 1953

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

2 structures

The vanished settlements of Pulaski County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.