Toler, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Williamson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41514. It lies near Churchouse Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Williamson quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1887 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1915 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
200 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Toler between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,279 acres in total. None started naturally. 55 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 | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Fireworks | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOODY |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOFTIS MANSION |
| 13 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | SYCAMORE CK. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toler in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2020 | Flood | Toler | $10,000 | Emergency Management reported standing water on low lying portions of Toler Road northeast of Belfry. Two homes ended up with water in their basements. |
| August 2012 | Flood | Toler | $1,000 | A few back roads remained under water in the Belfry and Toler communities but the water was receding at the time of this report. |
| January 2022 | Flash Flood | Toler | - | KY-319 in the community of Toler is impassable due to flood waters. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toler | - | Trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardy | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Aflex | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Belfry | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Burnwell | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Stringtown | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Leckieville | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Narrows Branch (historical) | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Goody | 1.9 miles | 23 |
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 Toler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7814213 | 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 505319. 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.










