Littrell, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kettle-Peytonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42717. The Survey maps it on the Blacks Ferry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1924 USGS Lillydale quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Lillydale quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Lillydale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Blacks Ferry quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
109 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Littrell between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,521 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 29 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROBERT RIDGE |
| 21 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MODOC |
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 Littrell: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Littrell in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littrell | - | An old building was destroyed by strong winds along Cherry Tree Road, with no other damage reported in the vicinity. Trees were also blown down on Sulphur Creek Road near Mikes Landing. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Littrell | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and found a|tornado occurred on Sunday, May 26th, 2024. This tornado reached a peak intensity of EF1 with 95 mph estimated peak winds, crossing through portions of southern Cumberland and Clinton County.||The tornado started at Sulphur Creek in southern Cumberland County just to the west|of Celina Road, or Kentucky Route 61. Tree uproot damage was consistent|with EF1 95 mph winds. The tornado then tracked across Celina|Road along Sulphur Creek, and did more extensive tree damage in|the hills west of Peytonsburg Sulphur Road, consistent with 90 to|95 mph wind speeds. The tornado then went across a campground|along Sulphur Creek Road near Mike's Restaurant, and left tree|damage in the campground along with shingle damage to some|cabins. Tree damage continued to the east and hit an RV storage|garage with significant roof loss thrown in different directions|just north of Dale Hollow Lake Golf Course. The tornado crossed another finger of Dale Hollow Lake as it crossed into western Clinton County. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littrell | - | Local law enforcement reported that power lines fell across a home along Celina Road west of Dale Hollow Lake. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littrell | - | A tree was blown down on a power line on Highway 449. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Grove (historical) | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bear Wallow Ridge (historical) | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Kettle | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Tanbark | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Stalcup | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Peytonsburg | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Judio | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Ashlock | 4.6 miles | 14 |
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 Q122544959 | 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 508480. 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.






