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Tutor Key, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Paintsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41263. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Paintsville quadrangle. It stands 600 feet above sea level.

Tutor Key within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

239 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Tutor Key between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,208 acres in total. None started naturally. 52 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 burning81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Arson/incendiarism52
Recreation and ceremony40
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
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
25 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLITTLE MUD LICK RT. 201
25 September 2008Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBARBER BRANCH III
20 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBARBER BRANCH II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tutor Key: 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Stffordsville Sandstone RoadcutSilicaProspect
Greasy Creek Clay BedClayProspect
Whippoorwill Branch ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tutor Key in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindTutor Key$4,000There were trees blown down and blocking portions of KY route 993 and KY route 581 in Tutor Key. The report was received by WR Castle VFD.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindTutor Key$4,000Trees were blown down on Highway 581.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTutor Key$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down in and near the community of Tutor Key.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindTutor Key$1,000A tree was blown down onto a powerline, which then fell into the road, near address 1250 State Hwy 993 in Tutor Key.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindTutor Key-Johnson County 911 Center relayed a report of a down tree on KY-581 in Tutor Key.

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Thelma1.7 miles17
Nippa1.8 miles17
Thealka1.9 miles17
Offutt2.0 miles16
Wittensville2.1 miles17
Williamsport2.6 miles16
Paintsville3.0 miles17
Meally3.6 miles16

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 Tutor KeyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7856970The 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 509251. 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.