Wildcat Mountain Battlefield (Boundary Increase)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

From the record

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Laurel County · listed in 2006 · category: Site.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Jct. of Old Wilderness Rd and Winding Blade Rd., Hazel Patch Rd., East Bernstadt, 40729
When was it listed? December 2006
Category. site
Census division. East Bernstadt
National Register reference number. 06000808 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

282 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Wildcat Mountain Battlefield (Boundary Increase) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,566 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 98 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
Arson/incendiarism	98
Debris and open burning	96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	60
Recreation and ceremony	17
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Natural	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	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
7 September 2001	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
6 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
30 September 2007	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
29 September 2008	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
2 September 2009	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
19 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	CROMER RIDGE
18 September 2007	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
18 September 2007	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Every fire recorded in Laurel County

Storms near this property

43 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Bernstadt, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 35 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
March 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	$50,000	Multiple mobile homes were damaged on Little County Road.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	$40,000	NWS Storm Survey and Emergency Manager report that the steeple at the First Baptist Church in East Bernstadt was blown off the roof. A peak wind gust of 60 to 65 mph was estimated due to the exposure of the steeple, and the lack of any other damage in the vicinity.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	$20,000	A television tower was blown over by winds estimated at 69 mph.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	$20,000	A television tower was blown over by wind gusts estimated at 63 mph.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	$7,000	Several trees were blown down.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	$5,000	Trees and power lines were blown down along Hwy 490 northwest of London.
December 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	$5,000	Trailer was blown off its foundation.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	$3,000	Three large trees were blown down and across Hwy 1227.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	$1,000	A tree and powerlines were blown down in East Bernstadt at KY-3434 near the intersection of Noelle Road.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	$1,000	Trees were downed onto power lines along KY-490 in the 1800 block. Trees were also reported down on the railroad tracks in East Bernstadt.
July 2015	Flash Flood	East Bernstadt	$1,000	Six inches of water was flowing across the roadway at the intersection of Hwy 490 and Hwy 3094 at School Street.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	$1,000	A few shingles were blown off a home and everything on the patio was blown about 100 yards into the woods. Wind speed was measured at 77 mph.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	$1,000	A tree was blown down and across a road in East Bernstadt.
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	$1,000	One tree was blown down near Highway 30.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	A Laurel County deputy reported a downed tree along School Street in East Bernstadt.
April 2025	Hail	East Bernstadt	-	A member of the public sent a report in through mPING of dime sized hail (0.75 inches) in East Berdstadt.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	A member of the public reported a tree blown down on Litton Town Road.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	County dispatch reported tree blown down in East Bernstadt.
May 2023	Flash Flood	East Bernstadt	-	Water was observed flowing across the intersection of Highways 3094 and 490.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	Trees were blown down and onto Highway 490 in East Bernstadt.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	Multiple trees were reported down along Highway 490 in the vicinity of East Bernstadt.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	A tree was reported to have been blown down in the East Bernstadt community.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	Dispatch reported trees blown down in East Bernstadt.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	Dispatch relayed a report of a large tree blown down on Kentucky Highway 490 near East Bernstadt.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	The Kentucky State Police post in London along with trained spotters reported a swath of thunderstorm wind damage, extending from East Bernstadt to south of London. Multiple trees were blown down, causing various property damage. Additionally, several business signs were damaged in London.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	Multiple trees were blown down near East Bernstadt.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	A tree was blown down and across Hwy 490.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	Trees and power lines were blown down.
December 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	Several trees were blown down on Hwy 25 and on Hazel Patch Road.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	A tree was blown down and onto a house. A second tree was blown down and onto Hwy 490.
April 2013	Flood	East Bernstadt	-	A bridge on Victory Road was inundated by high water.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	A tree was blown down on Hwy 490.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	A trampoline was blown into some power lines.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	A 61 mph wind gust was measured.
March 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	The wind blew down two to three trees.
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	Trees down on East Pittsburgh Church Road.
June 2004	Flash Flood	East Bernstadt	-	Highway 30 was flooded with about 18 inches of water for about 100 yards. Highway 25 and Highway 1228 were also flooded.
November 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	Several trees were down.
April 2002	Hail	East Bernstadt	-	An estimated 50 knot wind occurred along with one inch diameter hail.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	Several trees down.
January 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	East Bernstadt	-	Trees down.
March 1997	Hail	East Bernstadt	-	no account filed
March 1997	Tornado (F0)	East Bernstadt	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laurel County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Wildcat Battlefield Site	0.9 miles	1979
	First Evangelical Reformed Church	6.5 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 06000808 in Record Group 79.
Laurel County	All 10 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.