BlockHollonville, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Malaga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41301. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Landsaw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Landsaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Landsaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Landsaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
120 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Hollonville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,071 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAVE BRANCH ROAD |
| 11 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BAPTIST ROAD |
| 28 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAVE BRANC |
| 15 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollonville in 7 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 debris flow, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Debris Flow | Hollonville | $2,000 | A NWS employee came upon a road block around 5762 KY-15, northwest of Bethany, due to a hillside/driveway being washed out onto the road and making the road impassable. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollonville | $100 | Two picnic tables were flipped over and moved about 30 feet at the intersection of Terrill Fork and Holly roads. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hollonville | - | A member of the public reported nickel sized hail on Terrill Fork Road, nut northeast of Bethany. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollonville | - | A report of estimated 60 mph winds, including a video, was posted on social media around 2 miles NNE of the Hollonville community in Wolfe County. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Hollonville | - | A picture was posted on social media showing flooding on Spring Branch Road near the Bethany community. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollonville | - | An NWS employee observed a tree knocked down along Kentucky Highway 15 near Lane and north of Bethany. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollonville | - | Emergency management reported a large tree down on Whetstone Branch Road south of Campton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baileyfield (historical) | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bethany | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pence | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rye (historical) | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Chamber Fork (historical) | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mary | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Antioch (historical) | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Malaga | 3.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508265. 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.