Fallsburg, Kentucky
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Louisa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41230. It stands on Savage Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fallsburg quadrangle. It stands 574 feet above sea level.
On record in Fallsburg
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 1 record
- Yatesville Covered Bridgelisted 1976
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:48000
- 1913 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Louisa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Fallsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Fallsburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Fallsburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,982 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 39 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fallsburg in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $25,000 | Trees fell onto electric lines causing damage to poles. About 25 tress were blown down in the vicinity. Minor roof damage also occurred. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $20,000 | Trees were blown down in scattered locations around Fallsburg and Fuller. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $2,000 | Large branches were blown down, some across roads. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $1,500 | Multiple trees were blown down on Route 3 in the Fallsburg area. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $500 | Near Fallsburg, multiple trees were blown down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $500 | A tree was blown down near Delong Branch Road. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $500 | One tree fell down along State Route 3 due to wet soils and gusty winds. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $200 | A tree was blown down along Austin Branch Road in Fallsburg. |
| January 2018 | Hail | Fallsburg | - | The ground was covered with hail. Most of it was pea sized, but some stones as big as dimes were noted. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Fallsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Fallsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Fallsburg | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stringtown | 0.3 miles | 24 | |
| Fullers | 1.6 miles | 24 | |
| Yatesville | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Potters (historical) | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Green Valley (historical) | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Greenwood (historical) | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Morgans Creek (historical) | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Five Forks | 3.3 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.
| Wikipedia article on Fallsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5432547 | 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 491966. 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.









