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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.

Tollesboro within Lewis County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

25 since 1992

Regional 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 burning10
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 April 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestBOAT GUNNEL
8 April 2013Railroad operations and maintenance70 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFITE HOLLOW
5 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCABIN CREEK
30 April 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2010Recreation and ceremony95 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCABIN CREEK RD
21 April 2014Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHAPPY HOLLOW
14 April 2001Debris and open burning2.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this place

26 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2003Tornado (F3)Tollesboro17 hurt, $5,000,000The 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 2010Flash FloodTollesboro$350,000Numerous 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 2001Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$25,000A roof was blown off a barn and numerous trees were knocked down.
June 2009Tornado (EF1)Tollesboro$20,000Several 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 1998Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$15,000Damage occurred to the roofs of several homes.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$10,000A barn was blown down and a few tobacco barns sustained minor roof and siding damage.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$5,000A tree fell onto a car.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
July 2010FloodTollesboro$5,000This flooding is a continuation of the earlier flash flooding.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$5,000Trees and power poles were knocked down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$5,000Numerous trees down.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$4,000Several trees were downed in the Tollesboro area.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$4,000Numerous trees were downed.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$3,000Trees were knocked down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$3,000Trees and power poles were downed across the western part of the county.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$3,000Trees were downed.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$2,000Numerous large tree branches were downed in the Tollesboro area.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$2,000Several trees were blown down by straight line winds in the vicinity of the tornado in Tollesboro.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$1,000A tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$1,000Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$1,000A few trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindTollesboro$250Siding on a metal barn was damaged.
June 2025FloodTollesboro-High water was reported on Katelyn Lane.
May 2018FloodTollesboro-Flooding issues lingered in the Tollesboro area from the heavy rain that fell earlier in the afternoon and evening.
May 2010HailTollesboro-no account filed
June 1998HailTollesboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lewis 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
Ribolt3.2 miles11
Cottageville3.4 miles11
Epworth3.4 miles11
Poplar Flat3.7 miles11
Nashtown4.2 miles11
Burtonville4.4 miles8
Herron Hill4.7 miles13
Fearisville4.7 miles14

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 TollesboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7814384The 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.