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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Hazel Green quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Hazel Green quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TRENT HILL-HWY 191 |
| 3 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 3036 |
| 18 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MAYTOWN |
| 7 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FALLING WATER RD |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater Sandstone Exposure | Silica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
16 since 2005Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toliver | $6,000 | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down onto area roadways. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toliver | $5,000 | Trees were blown down on Hwy 1010 in Toliver. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Toliver | $1,000 | Stamper Branch was flooded. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toliver | $1,000 | One tree was blown down. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Toliver | - | 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toliver | - | A large healthy tree was downed onto Stamper Branch Road, just northwest of Hazel Green. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toliver | - | A large tree limb was blown down onto Stamper Branch Road near the community of Toliver. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Toliver | - | 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 2019 | Hail | Toliver | - | An NWS Employee observed golf ball sized hail while dispatch reported 2 inch diameter hail between Trent and Toliver. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toliver | - | Dispatch relayed a report of a tree down on Dry Branch Road east of Toliver. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toliver | - | A tree was blown down at the intersection of Chapel Branch Rd and Hwy 1010. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toliver | - | A tree fell and broke a power line and a power pole. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toliver | - | There was structure damage to mobile homes, barns, and houses on Chapels branch. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toliver | - | Two trees down near the junction of Highways 1010 and 2489. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Toliver | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Toliver | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Green | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Trent | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Valeria | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Stillwater | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Daysboro | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Rose Chapel (historical) | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Baptist | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lower Gillmore | 5.8 miles | 14 |
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.







