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Tuttle, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Camp Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40744. It stands on Camp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blackwater quadrangle.

Tuttle within Laurel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

144 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Tuttle between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,949 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 burning77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism27
Recreation and ceremony9

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
18 July 2007Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestTUTTLE
7 May 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 May 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 May 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 May 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 May 2000Arson/incendiarism70 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurel County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuttle in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 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
August 2001Thunderstorm WindTuttle2 hurt, $5,000Strong winds blew a large limb out of a tree which struck two women, only minor injuries resulted. The thunderstorm also brought trees down on Tuttle, Green Valley, and Westerfield roads. The winds also blew a barn off of its foundation.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindTuttle$25,000Trees were blown down. A wind gust of 70 mph was estimated to have occurred.
July 2015Flash FloodTuttle$5,000Hopper Creek and Matt Baker Roads had to be closed due to flooding. A vehicle was surrounded by flood water on Hopper Creek Road. Several other back country roads in the area were closed due to flooding. Some farm ponds in the area were over topping their dams.
November 1996Flash FloodTuttle$5,000no account filed
July 2001Flash FloodTuttle$3,000Heavy rains caused water to enter several homes.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindTuttle$2,000Laurel county dispatch reported a tree down on electrical wires, causing an electrical fire at Matt Baker Road, in the community of Tuttle.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTuttle$1,000A person on social media reported a large tree down across KY-229 at the intersection with Robinson Creek Road. Electric wires were also down across the road as a result. Both lanes were blocked, with traffic using the Robinson Creek Church parking lot to detour around.
November 2010Flash FloodTuttle$1,000The county emergency manager reported that Hoppers Creek Road was underwater and closed.
May 2020Flash FloodTuttle$200A CoCoRaHS observer reported water flowing over Matt Baker Road in Tuttle, subsequently causing the road to be impassable.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindTuttle-Trees and power lines were blown down.
September 2012Funnel CloudTuttle-A funnel cloud was spotted in Tuttle.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindTuttle-Numerous trees and large limbs were down on Highway 1810 off of Highway 229.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindTuttle-A few trees were blown down.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindTuttle-Several three inch diameter tree limbs were down.
June 2004HailTuttle-no account filed
April 2002HailTuttle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laurel 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
Fletcher2.1 miles13
Cane Creek3.2 miles13
Blackwater3.5 miles13
McHargue4.6 miles14
Sasser4.7 miles13
Boreing4.8 miles14
Lida5.0 miles13
Lesbas5.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 516069. 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.