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Toliver, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hazel Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41332. It stands on Chapel Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hazel Green quadrangle.

Toliver within Wolfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

73 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Toliver between 1997 and 2020, burning about 615 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 July 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTRENT HILL-HWY 191
3 May 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 May 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 May 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 3036
18 May 2000Arson/incendiarism125 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2013Debris and open burning16 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMAYTOWN
7 April 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFALLING WATER RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wolfe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Toliver: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stillwater Sandstone ExposureSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Wolfe County

Storms near this place

16 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toliver in 16 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2010Thunderstorm WindToliver$6,000Numerous large tree limbs were blown down onto area roadways.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindToliver$5,000Trees were blown down on Hwy 1010 in Toliver.
March 2015FloodToliver$1,000Stamper Branch was flooded.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindToliver$1,000One tree was blown down.
April 2025FloodToliver-Social Media report (with pictures) of water covering Sandfield-Gosneyville Road in the 3500 block, NW of Hazel Green. Pictures taken looking towards Sandfield Community Church.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindToliver-A large healthy tree was downed onto Stamper Branch Road, just northwest of Hazel Green.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindToliver-A large tree limb was blown down onto Stamper Branch Road near the community of Toliver.
July 2021Flash FloodToliver-Wolfe County dispatch reported a foot of water flowing over the road near the intersection of Sandfield and Stamper Branch roads in the community of Toliver.
June 2019HailToliver-An NWS Employee observed golf ball sized hail while dispatch reported 2 inch diameter hail between Trent and Toliver.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindToliver-Dispatch relayed a report of a tree down on Dry Branch Road east of Toliver.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindToliver-A tree was blown down at the intersection of Chapel Branch Rd and Hwy 1010.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindToliver-A tree fell and broke a power line and a power pole.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindToliver-There was structure damage to mobile homes, barns, and houses on Chapels branch.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindToliver-Two trees down near the junction of Highways 1010 and 2489.
May 2016HailToliver-no account filed
June 2009HailToliver-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wolfe County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hazel Green2.4 miles14
Trent2.9 miles14
Valeria3.3 miles15
Stillwater4.2 miles14
Daysboro4.5 miles14
Rose Chapel (historical)5.4 miles13
Baptist5.8 miles13
Lower Gillmore5.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509217. 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.