Tollesboro, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tollesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41189. It stands on Grog Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tollesboro quadrangle. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
On record in Tollesboro
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Cabin Creek Covered Bridgelisted 1976- Stone Cellar on Cabin Creeklisted 1987
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Tollesboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Tollesboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 281 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | BOAT GUNNEL |
| 8 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FITE HOLLOW |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CABIN CREEK |
| 30 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 95 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CABIN CREEK RD |
| 21 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAPPY HOLLOW |
| 14 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tollesboro in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 17 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F3) | Tollesboro | 17 hurt, $5,000,000 | The tornado touched down to the southeast of Maysville, continuing east-southeast into Lewis County. The greatest damage occurred in the Heron Hill area in western Lewis County. Seventeen people were injured in Lewis County. 21 homes were destroyed, 10 homes sustained major damage and 17 homes received minor damage. Numerous barns, buildings and garages were also damaged or destroyed. The tornado appeared to skip across parts of Mason and Lewis Counties. Tornado damage ended four miles to the southeast of Vanceburg. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Tollesboro | $350,000 | Numerous roads were washed out due to flash flooding. In addition there were multiple water rescues from homes. At least three mobile homes and a grocery store were swept off their foundation. Major damage occurred to residences, businesses, vehicles, and roads across southern portions of the county. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $25,000 | A roof was blown off a barn and numerous trees were knocked down. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Tollesboro | $20,000 | Several homes and mobile homes received minor structural damage. Three mobile homes were lifted off of their foundations. A barn was destroyed and another was damaged. Several trees and large branches were also downed. A truck was also damaged. ||Most of the damage was in Tollesboro off of route 10 in the Hampton Lane Road area. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $15,000 | Damage occurred to the roofs of several homes. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $10,000 | A barn was blown down and a few tobacco barns sustained minor roof and siding damage. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $5,000 | A tree fell onto a car. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Tollesboro | $5,000 | This flooding is a continuation of the earlier flash flooding. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $5,000 | Trees and power poles were knocked down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $5,000 | Numerous trees down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $4,000 | Several trees were downed in the Tollesboro area. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $4,000 | Numerous trees were downed. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $3,000 | Trees and power poles were downed across the western part of the county. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $3,000 | Trees were downed. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $2,000 | Numerous large tree branches were downed in the Tollesboro area. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down by straight line winds in the vicinity of the tornado in Tollesboro. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $1,000 | A tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $1,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $1,000 | A few trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollesboro | $250 | Siding on a metal barn was damaged. |
| June 2025 | Flood | Tollesboro | - | High water was reported on Katelyn Lane. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Tollesboro | - | Flooding issues lingered in the Tollesboro area from the heavy rain that fell earlier in the afternoon and evening. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Tollesboro | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Tollesboro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ribolt | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cottageville | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Epworth | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Poplar Flat | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Nashtown | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Burtonville | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Herron Hill | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fearisville | 4.7 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.
| Wikipedia article on Tollesboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7814384 | 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 505325. 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.







