Beattyville Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.

From the record

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Lee County · listed in 2024 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Main Street, HWY 11, Locust St, Center St, River Drive, Lumber Street, Madison Street, Railroad Street, Elm Street, Walnut Street, Bradford Street, Beattyville, 41311
When was it listed? September 2024
Category. district
Census division. Beattyville
National Register reference number. 100010769 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

300 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 300 fires within 5 miles of Beattyville Historic District between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,136 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 62 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	104
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	86
Arson/incendiarism	62
Recreation and ceremony	39
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Natural	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
9 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
7 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	WHITE ASH
4 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	45 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
30 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	HWY 52 WEST #2
27 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	WHITE ASH
22 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	HIGHWAY 11 SOUTH
18 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
17 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Storms near this property

60 of 101 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beattyville, the town this property stands in, in 101 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 65 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 11 flash flood, 6 heavy rain. 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
June 2011	Flash Flood	Beattyville	$500,000	Significant damage occurred to roads in the Brushy Creek, Wide Creek, Paw Paw, and Primrose Lane areas in the June 20th flash floods. Kentucky Hwy 52S was also heavily damaged in the Sharp Rock area when the hillside below the road collapsed and slid away.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$50,000	The Lee county superintendent reported that all of the schools across the county were without power.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$45,000	A tree broke off and crashed into the side of a home, damaging the roof, the side of the house, the deck, and the garage. Also in Beattyville, a number of trees came down on another house. Power and telephone lines were also downed.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$40,000	Trees were blown down onto Highway 52. Numerous other reports of trees being blown down were received from throughout the county. All damage was caused by wind gusts estimated at 67 mph.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$30,000	Trees were blown down countywide by thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$10,000	Trees and power lines were down across the county.
January 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$10,000	no account filed
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$7,000	Trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts near the Owsley county line.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$7,000	Trees down on Highway 1144 near Beattyville and trees down on Highway 52 West near Mt. Olive.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$5,000	Numerous reports of trees down across roads throughout Lee County. A few phone lines were also down throughout the county.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$5,000	Several trees were blown down along High Point Road near Hopewell Church. The largest trees were about 6 inches in diameter.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$5,000	Trees were blown down onto Highway 11 by wind gusts estimated at 61 mph.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$5,000	Trees and limbs down near the Highway 52 and 498 intersection.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$4,000	A tree fell on a power line on South Fork Road near Highway 11 South.
April 1998	Flash Flood	Beattyville	$3,000	Gravel roads were washed out, and mud and debris covered the main roads.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$3,000	Trees and utility lines were downed across the county.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$3,000	no account filed
October 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$2,000	Two trees were blown down on Highway 52 just outside of Beattyville.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$2,000	A tree fell on a utility pole on Route 2016. Another tree fell on Route 2017 near Saint Helens.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$2,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought trees and power lines down.
February 2018	Flood	Beattyville	$1,000	A portion of Kentucky Highway 52 near downtown Beattyville was flooded due to the north fork of the Kentucky River overflowing its banks.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$1,000	A tree was blown down on Tincher Hill Rd 3 miles southwest of Beattyville.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$1,000	A small outbuilding was blown over near the Community Christian Church.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$1,000	A downed tree temporarily blocked Hwy 52 East.
October 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$1,000	A tree was blown down 6 miles west of Beattyville near the Estill County line.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$1,000	A tree was blown down on Highway 498 in Beattyville.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$1,000	A tree was blown down on Highway 2016 in Saint Helens.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	$1,000	Two large tree branches were torn from a tree by a thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 58 mph.
June 2000	Flood	Beattyville	$1,000	Thunderstorms dropped heavy rain which caused water to flow across area roads. Water was reported on the bottom floor of the Community Action Office in Beattyville. A few mudslides also had to be cleared from roadways.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	Lee County dispatch reported that many individual trees were blown down across the county, but did not have any specific details on locations.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	Lee county dispatch reported a tree blown down and blocking Grand Avenue (Old State Hwy-11) in Beattyville, between the Minter & Moore Veterinary Clinic and the Beattyville & Lee County Fire Department.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	A tree was down over KY-11 near mile marker 5 in Beattyville.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	A tree was downed onto KY-1144 near Beattyville.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Beattyville	-	KY-11 near the Three Forks Historical Center is experiencing ongoing flooding.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	High winds felled multiple trees along Highways 52, 399, and 498 in west central Lee county. Several homes in the area suffered roof damage. One tree located along a river bank had fallen into a nearby home. The majority of the wind damage occurred at elevated locations and along ridgetops.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	Multiple trees and power lines were blown down.
December 2017	Flood	Beattyville	-	A department of highways official reported high water across Kentucky Highway 52 east of Beattyville.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	Wrist sized tree limbs were blown down.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	Multiple trees were blown down and across Highways 1144 and 587 just outside of Beattyville.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	A tree was blown down in Beattyville.
December 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	Trees were blown down on Willard Johnson Road.
June 2013	Heavy Rain	Beattyville	-	An inch of rain was received in less than 15 minutes.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	Winds gust estimated at 60 mph blew down two trees. One tree temporarily blocked Short Ridge Road.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	Numerous trees were reported down countywide.
July 2011	Heavy Rain	Beattyville	-	A volunteer weather observer measured 1.5 inches of rainfall at his home in Beattyville over a one hour period.
November 2011	Heavy Rain	Beattyville	-	The storm total rainfall near Beattyville was 1.26 inches as of 6 am.
March 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	There was 12 to 14 inch diameter trees snapped off. Some pea sized hail was seen as well. Winds were reported at least 70 mph.
June 2010	Heavy Rain	Beattyville	-	A volunteer weather observer reported that 1.52 inches of rain fell in 45 minutes north of Beattyville.
June 2010	Heavy Rain	Beattyville	-	A coop weather observer reported that 1.40 inches of rain fell near Beattyville in a 30 minute period. At the time the report was phoned in there had been an inch of water flowing across the road. Ditches in the area were running full as well.
July 2010	Heavy Rain	Beattyville	-	A weather observer reported that 0.92 inches of rain had fallen in Beattyville between 5 and 530 pm.
May 2010	Flash Flood	Beattyville	-	The Beattyville Police Dept reported that Silver Creek Road was flooded by water from Silver Creek and was impassable.
May 2010	Flash Flood	Beattyville	-	The Beattyville Police Dept reported that Blaines Branch Road was impassable due to flash flooding.
January 2006	Flash Flood	Beattyville	-	Portions of Blaines Branch Road closed due to high water.
January 2006	Flash Flood	Beattyville	-	One mile stretch of Highway 52 just west of Beattyville heading towards Irvine impassable due to high water. Portions of Gilliam Road also impassable due to high water.
January 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	Three trees and one eight to ten inch diameter tree limb blown down.
January 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	Two large tree limbs down and blocking Highway 52.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	Two tree's down in Bear Track area.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	Numerous large limbs down countywide. Several trees down on Highway 52 3 to 5 miles east of Beattyville.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Beattyville	-	Few large limbs down.
April 2005	Hail	Beattyville	-	Quarter size hail reported on Highway 11 near Beattyville.

Every storm recorded in Lee 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

3 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Beattyville Grade School	0.2 miles	2008
St. Thomas Episcopal Church	0.2 miles	1976
St. Therese Church	4.3 miles	2012

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100010769 in Record Group 79.
Lee County	All 4 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.