Built in 1888. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
“Court St. in Booneville, Kentucky, was built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.”
Wikipedia article Moyers Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 1 National Register listings published here for Owsley County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1888.
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 422 fires within 5 miles of Moyers Buildings between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,004 acres in total. None started naturally. 80 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 | 190 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 128 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 80 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JACK GAP |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | QUILLEN ROAD |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Booneville, the town this property stands in, in 66 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 31 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 6 flood, 5 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Booneville | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | $25,000 | Several trees blew onto a trailer, and caused nearly complete destruction. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | $11,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down across county. Widespread power outages reported. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | $10,000 | Trees were blown down on a house. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | $7,000 | Several trees were blown down around Booneville on Routes 30, 847, 708, and 2025. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | $5,000 | Trees were blown down onto Highway 30 by wind gusts estimated at 61 mph. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Booneville | $5,000 | People on a small farm near Booneville experienced an extraordinary flash flood event. Rainfall was estimated to have fallen at a rate of at least 2 and a half inches in about 15 minutes. Lightning was intense, with one person describing the event "like the night Frozen Creek washed away". The land was in a steep, bowl-shaped hillside with pastures behind a farmhouse. A tiny stream ran through these pastures, which was overwhelmed rapidly from the torrential rainfall. A "wall of water" came through the narrow area at the foot of the pasture. By the time it reached the farmhouse, the water carried so much force that it jumped a concrete wall above a basement stairwell, and poured down the stairs, building pressure as it progressed. The steel basement door was bent and ripped off of its hinges. Water poured into the 70 foot long basement, carrying large logs, limbs, big clumps of sod, and an "unbelievable amount of mud". The residents lived there since 1962, and said that they had never seen anything like this. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | $3,000 | Roof blown off of house on Route 30. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | $2,000 | Powerlines and several large limbs down. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | $2,000 | Three power pole blown down. Trees down throughout county. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Booneville | $1,000 | Highway 3347, or Shepherds Lane, was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Booneville | $1,000 | Highway 3346 at Sugar Camp was impassable due to flash flooding. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Booneville | $1,000 | Kay Wood Road was closed at the low water bridge at Fish Trap. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Booneville | $1,000 | The Upper Wolf Creek low water bridge was flooded. |
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | Booneville | $1,000 | Six to 12 inches of water was flowing across Hwy 3346 at the Sugar Camp Church. Water was also flowing across Hwy 3347. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | $1,000 | One tree was blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Pictures show large limbs blown and trees snapped and uprooted in the 2700 block of Fish Creek School Road. |
| January 2022 | Heavy Rain | Booneville | - | The Kentucky Mesonet station in Owsley County (BNVL) measured 4.29 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period ending at 7am on January 2, 2022. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Booneville | - | KY-30 east is closed between mile marker 11 and 13 just outside of Booneville due to high water across the road. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Booneville | - | KY-28 is closed between mile markers 0 and 1 due to high water across the road. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Booneville | - | Dispatch reported that a road east of Booneville was impassable due to water flowing over it. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | The Owsley County dispatch reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts had knocked down a tree across Fish Creek School Road. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Booneville | - | Emergency Management reported nickel sized hail just east of Booneville. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Booneville | - | Dispatch relayed a report of penny sized hail south of Booneville. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Trees were twisted off and a roof was blown off of a small shed off of Brandenburg Road in Booneville. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Pine trees were blown down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Two trees were blown down on Hwy 3346. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | A tree was blown down and onto Hwy 1938. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | A tree was blown down in someone's yard on old Hwy 11 near Booneville. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Booneville | - | The twenty hour rainfall total near Booneville was 2.74 inches. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Three trees were blown down on a property off Hwy 30. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Widespread trees down across the county. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Booneville | - | The mesonet site near Booneville recorded 2.38 inches of rainfall between 715 pm and 815 pm. |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Booneville | - | Two inches of rainfall occurred between 7 and 915 am in Booneville. |
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | One cedar tree and several large tree limbs blown down between Levi and Vincent. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Two trees blown down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Five to six trees were down on Buck Creek Road. Trees were down on Highway 846 near Sturgeon. Trees were down across Highways 1071 and 30 near Green Hall. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Three trees were down on Highway 2024 at Bee Branch. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Several large trees were down across the junction of Kentucky Highway 30 and Highway 846. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2000 | Flood | Booneville | - | Water was reported flowing over the intersection of Highway 30 and Route 2024. Slow moving thunderstorms dumped between 1 and 3 inches of rain across the area. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Severe thunderstorm winds blew trees down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Trees were reported down on Highway 11 and Route 846. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Trees down. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Trees were reported down south of the city on KY HWY 28. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | - | Severe thunderstorms brought trees down. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Booneville | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Booneville | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Booneville | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Booneville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Booneville | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Booneville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Booneville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Booneville | - | no account filed |
| February 2003 | Hail | Booneville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Booneville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Booneville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Booneville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Booneville | - | no account filed |
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 82001575 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Owsley County | All 1 listed properties in this county. |
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