Cottageville, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tollesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It stands on Browns Run. The Survey maps it on the Tollesboro quadrangle.
On record in Cottageville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Stone Cellar on Cabin Creeklisted 1987 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Tollesboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Cottageville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CROOKED CREEK |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CABIN CREEK |
| 30 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CABIN CREEK RD |
| 2 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cottageville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabin Creek Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cottageville in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Cottageville | $50,000 | Flash flooding was reported in the Tollesboro and Camp Dix areas. Ribolt-Epworth Road, Teager Hollow Road, Straight Fork Road, Mosby Road, Cooper Fork Road and Lower Kinney Road all sustained some road damage. Water approached some homes and caused damage to a grocery store in Tollesboro and a funeral chapel in Camp Dix. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottageville | $3,000 | A few trees were downed onto Little Cabin Creek Road. |
| March 2013 | Flash Flood | Cottageville | $1,000 | Mail carriers reported several instances of water flowing over roadways in the area due to heavy rainfall. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Cottageville | - | Water was flowing across Cabin Creek Road at several locations. |
| December 2019 | Flood | Cottageville | - | High water was reported on Cabin Creek Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fearisville | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Tollesboro | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Poplar Flat | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sand Hill | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Trinity | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ribolt | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Irwin | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Herron Hill | 5.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507765. 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.







