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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Blackwater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Blackwater quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
144 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 77 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | TUTTLE |
| 7 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuttle | 2 hurt, $5,000 | Strong 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuttle | $25,000 | Trees were blown down. A wind gust of 70 mph was estimated to have occurred. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Tuttle | $5,000 | Hopper 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 1996 | Flash Flood | Tuttle | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Tuttle | $3,000 | Heavy rains caused water to enter several homes. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuttle | $2,000 | Laurel county dispatch reported a tree down on electrical wires, causing an electrical fire at Matt Baker Road, in the community of Tuttle. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuttle | $1,000 | A 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 2010 | Flash Flood | Tuttle | $1,000 | The county emergency manager reported that Hoppers Creek Road was underwater and closed. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Tuttle | $200 | A CoCoRaHS observer reported water flowing over Matt Baker Road in Tuttle, subsequently causing the road to be impassable. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuttle | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| September 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Tuttle | - | A funnel cloud was spotted in Tuttle. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuttle | - | Numerous trees and large limbs were down on Highway 1810 off of Highway 229. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuttle | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuttle | - | Several three inch diameter tree limbs were down. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Tuttle | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Tuttle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cane Creek | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Blackwater | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| McHargue | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sasser | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Boreing | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lida | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lesbas | 5.8 miles | 13 |
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.





