Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
“Hazel Green Academy was a school in the little village of Hazel Green, eastern Wolfe County, eastern Kentucky. It was established in 1880 by a Charter from the Kentucky Legislature.”
Wikipedia article Hazel Green Academy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Wolfe County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Hazel Green Academy Historic Buildings between 1997 and 2020, burning about 910 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TRENT HILL-HWY 191 |
| 3 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 3036 |
| 18 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MAYTOWN |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hazel Green Academy Historic Buildings: 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 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hazel Green, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | $25,000 | Several trees were blown down and a barn was flattened along Hwy 191. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | $20,000 | A barn was destroyed. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | $3,000 | Trees were blown down along Highway 191 in Hazel Green. |
| June 2019 | Lightning | Hazel Green | $2,000 | A citizen reported a cloud to ground lightning strike that struck a field and resulted in the death of a calf north of Hazel Green. |
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Hazel Green | $1,000 | Water was surrounding homes on Hwy 1010. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | $1,000 | A 1.5 to 2 foot diameter tree was blown down and across Hwy 1010 near Hazel Green. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | $1,000 | A tree was blown down and across Highway 191 in Daysboro. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Hazel Green | $1,000 | Penny size hail dented a car. |
| February 2026 | Hail | Hazel Green | - | A social media user located about a mile south of Hazel Green reported approximately quarter-sized (1.00 inch) hailstones. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | - | A person on social media reported a large tree down near the mouth of Johnson Fork in the Hazel Green area of Wolfe County. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported 2 large trees down on Stamper Branch Road near mile marker 3 in the community of Hazel Green. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Hazel Green | - | KY-191 is closed between mile markers 10 and 15 due to high water across the road. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Hazel Green | - | A citizen observed 2 inch diameter hail in Hazel Green. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | - | Dispatch reported two large trees down off of Stamper Branch Road in Hazel Green. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | - | Large tree limbs were blown down and onto Hwy 1010. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | - | A tree was blown down and onto Sandfield Road at the junction of Hwy 746. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | - | Multiple trees were blown down across the area. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | - | Trees were blown down near Hazel Green on Highways 191 and 1010. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | - | Trees were blown down on Hwy 191 in Hazel Green. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | - | Trees reported down on Hwy 191. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | - | A 63 mph wind gust was measured by a trained spotter. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | - | Large branches were blown down in several locations in the town of Hazel Green. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Hazel Green | - | Nickel size hail was observed in Gilmore and Hazel Green. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Green | - | Tree down on Highway 1010. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Hazel Green | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Hazel Green | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Hazel Green | - | no account filed |
1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 783 issues, 4,093 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Hazel Green Herald | 1885 to 19?? |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79001047 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Wolfe County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
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