BlockFrom the record
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Fulton County · listed in 2001 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Carr Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by Carr, 4th, W. State Line and West Sts., Fulton, 42041
- When was it listed? May 2001
- Category. district
- Census division. Fulton
- National Register reference number. 01000451 - 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
41 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Carr Historic District between 1998 and 2020, burning about 179 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | FIFTY TWO |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | NINETY THREE |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | TWENTY SEVEN |
| 26 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | SIXTY TWO |
| 25 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MURCHERSON ROAD FIRE |
| 20 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Carr Historic District: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdon Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this property
33 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fulton, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 7 flash flood, 3 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 1997 | Flash Flood | Fulton | $300,000 | no account filed |
| February 2021 | Flash Flood | Fulton | $75,000 | Low-lying roads and underpasses were submerged and impassable. Some homes and businesses were affected. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $50,000 | A large tree was down, blocking Highway 116 west of Fulton. The tree brought down power lines. Trees were also down on Highway 166 west of Fulton. The city of Fulton had significant tree damage. Roofs were off outbuildings around the county. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Fulton | $50,000 | Flash flooding of streets and low-lying areas was reported. Streets were closed by police and fire personnel. Floodwaters entered a church and a few businesses. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $20,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $20,000 | In Fulton, several trees and a number of large tree limbs were blown down. One business in Fulton sustained roof damage, resulting in damaged computers and inventory. |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Fulton | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $10,000 | A large sign was toppled. Tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $10,000 | Wind gusts were estimated near 60 mph. Small trees and tree limbs were blown down. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $10,000 | In Fulton, some shingles were blown from roofs. A few trees were blown down. |
| September 1997 | Flash Flood | Fulton | $10,000 | About a half dozen streets were flooded in Fulton. At a viaduct, water reached as high as four feet. Small creeks were at or above bankful. An observer reported 3.20 inches of rain in 40 minutes. Only one business reported any water damage. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $8,000 | Several trees were blown down around the Fulton area along Highway 307 and also near the Purchase Parkway. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $8,000 | A microburst caused damage in a very small area about 600 yards long and 100 yards wide. Tops were blown off trees, a barn roof was damaged, and shingles were blown off a house. Some cornstalks were flattened, and a trampoline was blown 600 yards. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $8,000 | Trees were uprooted, and power lines were down. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $6,000 | Kentucky Highway 1129 and U.S. Highway 45 were closed briefly due to trees and debris over the roadway. |
| February 1996 | Hail | Fulton | $4,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down on Highway 925. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $2,000 | A few small trees were blown down in the city of Fulton. A few more trees were downed between Hickman and Fulton. |
| July 2020 | Flood | Fulton | - | A couple of streets and a viaduct were underwater. |
| March 2016 | Flood | Fulton | - | The flash flood event from the previous evening evolved into a longer-term flood event. At Fulton, Harris Fork Creek exceeded its capacity and caused minor street flooding. Kentucky Highway 307 was closed in downtown Fulton. A trained spotter measured 4.25 inches in 24 hours in Fulton. |
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Fulton | - | Water was approaching the back of stores in the Fulton business district, prompting sandbagging of some buildings. City streets were flooded, and a couple were closed. South of Cayce, the intersection of Highways 94 and 239 was closed. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Fulton | - | Water was reported over some roads. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Fulton | - | Floodwaters entered a few businesses in Fulton. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Fulton | - | Nickel size hail fell, and small tree limbs were down. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| December 2011 | Flood | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Heavy Rain | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | - | no account filed |
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
5 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ben F. Carr Jr. House | 0.1 miles | 1979 |
| Fulton Downtown Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2003 | |
 | Confederate Memorial in Fulton | 0.5 miles | 1997 |
| Jesse Whitesell Farm (Boundary Increase) | 1.1 miles | 2009 | |
 | Jesse Whitesell House | 1.2 miles | 1977 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01000451 in Record Group 79. |
| Fulton County | All 12 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.