Wolfe County High School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

From the record

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Wolfe County · listed in 2013 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. 166 Wolfe County Elementary School Rd., Campton, 41301
When was it listed? June 2013
Category. building
Census division. Campton
National Register reference number. 13000477 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

143 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Wolfe County High School between 1994 and 2020, burning about 961 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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	51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	39
Recreation and ceremony	30
Arson/incendiarism	16
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Natural	2
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
8 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
26 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	PINE RIDGE
2 September 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BUFFALO TRAIL
2 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	45 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	HORSEFLY
16 September 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	MULLINS POINT
15 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
14 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 September 2002	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Every fire recorded in Wolfe County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wolfe County High School: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Stillwater Sandstone Exposure	Silica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Wolfe County

Storms near this property

60 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campton, the town this property stands in, in 76 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 49 thunderstorm wind, 16 flash flood, 10 hail, 1 flood. 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	Hail	Campton	$2,000,000	Baseball to apple size hail fell along a swath from Campton eastward to near Gilmore. Extensive damage was done to structures in downtown Campton, including roof damage to the high school.
June 1997	Flash Flood	Campton	$1,000,000	no account filed
February 2019	Flash Flood	Campton	$65,000	The public and an NWS employee reported numerous buildings in Campton being inundated with water. This includes the Chevrolet Dealership as well as a funeral home. Kentucky Highway 191 between Campton and Hazel Green was closed due to water running over the road.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$25,000	Dispatch relayed reports of several trees blown down from Campton to Vortex to Helechawa. A tree on Whitestone Road near Vortex fell on a vehicle, while Mountain Parkway and Kentucky Highway 191 at Bethel Chapel Road were blocked by downed trees.
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$10,000	no account filed
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$8,000	A tree was blown down and onto a garage in Campton.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$7,000	One tree was blown down on Highway 2028. Trees were also blown down along Little Bloody Creek Road.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$7,000	A tree was blown onto a house on Plummer Street by thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$5,000	Several large trees were blown down near Campton.
October 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$5,000	Trees were blown down along Highway 715 near Angel Windows and the Arches area of northwestern Wolfe County.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$5,000	A large tree and several large branches were blown down along Highway 745 by thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 1999	Flash Flood	Campton	$5,000	Up to 3 inches of rain fell in less than 2 hours in and around the Campton area. A few businesses and homes received minor flood damage. Several families had to be evacuated along Swift Camp Creek near Campton.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$3,000	Three trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts on Highway 191.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$3,000	A large tree was snapped off and several large limbs were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts along Highway 745.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$2,000	Trees down in and near Campton; one on Elkins Road and another on the Moutain Parkway. Tee down on the Parkway closed down both east bound lanes near the 50 mile marker.
January 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$2,000	Two trees down on Plummer Street. Trees took power lines, cutting power to the downtown area. Trees also down on Kentucky Highway 1261 at Hollonville and on Kentucky Highway 715 near Rogers.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds blew large branches down, knocking power lines down.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$2,000	Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$1,000	A tree fell on Hiram Branch Road. The tree fell onto a power line, taking out power to nearby customers.
May 2016	Flash Flood	Campton	$1,000	At least six inches of water was observed flowing across KY Hwy 191 and Main Street in and just outside of the city of Campton.
July 2015	Flash Flood	Campton	$1,000	Six to eight inches of water was observed flowing over Mill Street in downtown Campton.
September 2014	Flash Flood	Campton	$1,000	Six inches or more of water was flowing across Hwy 15 at the red light in front of the Shell gas station. The flood water was also flowing onto Hwy 191 going through Main and Johnson Streets.
August 2014	Flash Flood	Campton	$1,000	Flood water from Bear Pen Creek was seen flowing over a nearby bridge.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$1,000	One tree down along the Mountain Parkway.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$1,000	One tree down on Main Street.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$1,000	Large oak tree down on Highway 191 between mile markers 4 and 5.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$1,000	no account filed
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$700	Several large limbs down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	$200	Screen door blown off a house.
February 2026	Hail	Campton	-	Local dispatch reported approximately quarter-sized (1.00 inch) hail in the Campton area.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	A tree was reported to have been blown down near the Quillen Chapel Exit (Exit 42) of the Mountain Parkway.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	A tree was blown down and onto a residence near Campton.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	Numerous trees were blown down in and around Campton.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	Trees were blown down on Highway 715 near Whistling Arch.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	A barn was knocked off of its foundation. A 30 foot wide swath of trees near the barn were also blown down.
May 2016	Hail	Campton	-	Large hail was reported in the Hazel Green area.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	High winds felled and or snapped multiple trees along a path stretching from Campton to Hazel Green in Wolfe County, Kentucky. There was roof damage to a several houses and barns, mainly shingle damage or the peeling back of metal roofs. A barn used to house a truck and and boat was totally destroyed. In addition, there were a couple of trees that fell on a trailer and a front porch of one house. One tree crushed a pickup truck and another damaged an SUV.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	A tree was blown down and onto Hwy 191 on Town Hill.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	Multiple trees were blown down and houses and barns in the area were damaged.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	A roof was blown off of a house. A garage was blown down and fell on two cars and another garage was destroyed altogether.
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	A tree was blown down in Campton.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	Trees were blown down on Campbell Hill Rd and Plummers St.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Campton	-	A foot of water was flowing across Main St. in several places.
February 2011	Hail	Campton	-	One inch diameter hail was reported in Campton.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	Power outages were reported in Calaboose.
April 2011	Hail	Campton	-	A few hail stones were the size of a quarter but most of them were the size of pennies and nickels.
April 2011	Hail	Campton	-	The hail was the size of golf balls.
June 2011	Flash Flood	Campton	-	Culverts were overflowing due to heavy rainfall in and around Campton. Water was over roads at Wolfe Lake, 191 between Stillwater and Campton, Plummers Creek Road, and Johnson Road.
May 2010	Flash Flood	Campton	-	The Wolfe county dispatch reported that Elkins Road and South Washington Road were closed due to flooding near Campton.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	Tree down behind Dairy Queen.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	Two trees were down.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	At least three trees were down on Highway 2028.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	Trees were down on Calaboose Rocky Branch Road.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	Trees were down.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	Trees were down.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	Numerous trees were blown down along Highway 715.
June 2001	Flash Flood	Campton	-	Heavy rains caused flooding of several roads. On Kentucky Highway 746, traffic was diverted around the high water.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Campton	-	Trees were blown down.
July 2001	Flash Flood	Campton	-	Water was reported flowing over Kentucky Highway 191. The road was impassable.
July 2001	Flash Flood	Campton	-	Approximately 6 inches of water was flowing over Little Bloody Creek Road.

Every storm recorded in Wolfe 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

1 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
	William L. Hurst Law Office	0.2 miles	1993

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 13000477 in Record Group 79.
Wolfe County	All 3 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.
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.