Tobe Wiley House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

One of 36 National Register listings published here for Johnson County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Wiley, Tobe, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 141 Euclid St., Paintsville, 41240
When was it listed? January 1989
Category. building
Also known as. Johnson County MRA
Census division. Paintsville
National Register reference number. 88003161 - 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

250 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Tobe Wiley House between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,176 acres in total. None started naturally. 43 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	80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	66
Recreation and ceremony	56
Arson/incendiarism	43
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
28 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
25 September 2010	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	LITTLE MUD LICK RT. 201
25 September 2008	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
24 September 2008	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
24 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
22 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
22 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
21 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BARBER BRANCH III

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tobe Wiley House: 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Stffordsville Sandstone Roadcut	Silica	Prospect
Greasy Creek Clay Bed	Clay	Prospect
Whippoorwill Branch Shale	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this property

60 of 96 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paintsville, the town this property stands in, in 96 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 58 thunderstorm wind, 21 hail, 12 flash flood, 4 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
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$60,000	An NWS Storm Survey confirmed microburst winds of between 75-85 mph removed half of a roof off of an office building and a steeple off of a church building in Paintsville. Several trees were also blown down, including one onto a residential building. A portion of Kentucky Highway 321/40 was shut down for a period of time due to downed and damaged trees.
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$50,000	Trees were blown down on Rt 172 at Staffordsville. Power lines were down county wide. The roof was blown off a house at Millers Creek. An estimated 300 homes were without power.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$50,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down countywide.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$50,000	Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down by thundestorm wind gusts.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$50,000	Numerous trees were blown down county wide. Trees were also down and blocking Highway 1750. This damage was caused by wind gusts estimated at 67 mph.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$30,000	A small barn was blown onto Stone Coal Road. Several trees were also blown down on Routes 1596 and 172.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$30,000	Large trees were blown down county wide by thunderstorm wind gusts. A trampoline was blown onto KY 581 in Paintsville.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$30,000	Numerous trees down countywide.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$10,000	There were trees down in downtown Paintsville.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$10,000	A tree was reported to have been blow down onto a house.
March 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$10,000	The roof of Paintsville High School was damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$10,000	Several trees were blown down in and all around Paintsville.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$10,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down along Ponderosa Dr in Paintsville.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$10,000	Eight to ten trees were blown down in the eastern part of the county.
November 2003	Flash Flood	Paintsville	$10,000	Homes were flooded and water was over roads on Rough Ridge.
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$10,000	no account filed
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$10,000	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Paintsville	$5,000	Quarter size hail was reported by law enforcement officers who were on a foot pursuit in the Paintsville area. The hail dented cars in the area.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$5,000	The roof was blown of the elevator shaft at the top of the five story tall Citizens National Bank building.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$3,000	Trees were blown across Dogwood Fork Rd.
June 2000	Flash Flood	Paintsville	$3,000	Heavy rain brought numerous problems to the area just south and southeast of Paintsville. Water was blocking the road on Highway 302 near Van Lear. A tree was washed down onto Highway 40 near Meally, also power lines were down due to trees being washed out. A rock slide was reported on Route 321 just south of Paintsville and blocked one lane until the debris could be cleared.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$3,000	Power lines downed.
January 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$3,000	no account filed
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$2,000	The wind rolled and demolished a shed.
July 2015	Flash Flood	Paintsville	$1,000	A foot of flowing water was observed crossing Hwy 321 near the Highland Regional Hospital.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Paintsville	$1,000	A foot of water was over the roadway at the intersection of KY 581 and Boyds Branch.
December 2013	Flood	Paintsville	$1,000	Offut Road, KY 2040, was closed due to flooding. The water was still rising at the time of the report.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$1,000	A tree was blown down and across Dogwood Fork Rd.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$1,000	Two trees were down along Kentucky Highway 40. One tree was three miles west of Paintsville and fell onto power lines. The other tree was two miles east of Paintsville.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$500	A fence was blown onto a road near Paintsville.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	$300	Dispatch reported a tree blown down onto powerlines in Paintsville, subsequently knocking all traffic lights out in town.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	A tree was blown down onto State Hwy 581 (Tutor Key Road), near the S curve - or about a tenth of a mile north of KY-40 (Euclid Avenue) int eh community of Thealka, near Paintsville.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	A tree was blown down along Church Street in the city of Paintsville.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	Several trees were blown down in the town of Paintsville according to pictures on social media.
March 2021	Flood	Paintsville	-	Water rescues are ongoing this morning in Paintsville as the river continues to rise.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	Dispatch reported a tree blown down in Paintsville.
February 2019	Flood	Paintsville	-	Broadcast media reported water on Kentucky Highways 1107 and 581 from Thealka to Thelma.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	The roof of a building was damaged in downtown Paintsville.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	A local media outlet relayed a report of a few trees downed in Paintsville.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	A tree was blown down and onto a power line.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	A tree was blown down on 8th Street in Paintsville.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	A tree was blown down on Route 40 West on the east side of Paintsville.
February 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	This report was made by the Big Sandy Recc. Trees and power lines were blown down county wide with 3 power outages reported.
August 2013	Flood	Paintsville	-	Six inches of water temporarily covered the roadway at the intersection of 8th and Madison Streets in Paintsville. Several roads were temporarily blocked by flood water.
April 2011	Funnel Cloud	Paintsville	-	At around 6 pm EDT a rotating wall cloud was observed moving toward Paintsville. Heavy rain and strong winds were occurring at the time as well.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	A trained spotter reported estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 55-60 mph.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	The Johnson county dispatch office reported that trees had been blown down at numerous locations around the county. Power outages were also occurring all around the county. These events occurred between 935 PM and 10 PM.
April 2011	Hail	Paintsville	-	The hail was the size of walnuts.
July 2006	Flash Flood	Paintsville	-	Route 40 closed for a time due to high water.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	Trees down across the road. Power outages reported.
April 2005	Flash Flood	Paintsville	-	Highway 40 closed due to high water at Boons Camp and Oil Springs.
April 2004	Flash Flood	Paintsville	-	Water was over Highway 40, on the east side of Paintsville. Water was also over many side roads in Oil Springs, Collista, and Staffordsville.
October 2004	Flash Flood	Paintsville	-	Over two inches of rain fell in an hour causing flood waters to surround a car on Hidden Valley Road.
November 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	Trees were down on Rough Ridge.
February 2003	Flash Flood	Paintsville	-	Mill Branch Road was closed due to high, flowing water.
June 2003	Flash Flood	Paintsville	-	More than six inches of water flowed across Mill Branch Road.
June 2003	Flash Flood	Paintsville	-	High water was over Patterson Creek Road.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	Three trees were down at the Paintsville Country Club. Also, a golf cart with two men on board was lifted off of the ground.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	Two trees were down along Kentucky Highway 825.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Paintsville	-	Power lines were down on Kentucky highway 201 near U.S. highway 23.

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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

6 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
Webb House	under 500 feet	1989
Byrd and Leona Webb House	under 500 feet	1989
Paintsville City Hall	under 500 feet	1989
Archer House	0.1 miles	1989
First National Bank Building	0.2 miles	1989
Paintsville Public Library	0.2 miles	1989

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88003161 in Record Group 79.
Johnson County	All 36 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.