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One of 18 National Register listings published here for Greenup County · listed in 2001 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Russell Railroad YMCA
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 451 Verhon St., Russell, 41169
- When was it listed? May 2001
- Category. building
- Census division. Flatwoods-Russell
- National Register reference number. 01000452 - 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
251 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Russell Railroad YMCA between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,597 acres in total. None started naturally. 52 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 | 117 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | FALSE ALARM 09/09 |
| 7 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 acres | Wayne National Forest | WIND FIRE |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | JANIE FIRE |
| 28 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | IRONTON #1 FIRE |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | HANGING ROCK SPUR A |
| 18 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | CABIN |
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 Russell Railroad YMCA: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ironton Plant Number 85 | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Russell, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 | Russell | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Russell | $2,000 | A large thirty to forty foot maple tree was blown down on a residence near the town of Russell. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Russell | $500 | Downed trees were observed at Railroad Street. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Russell | $250 | A downed tree blocked Poplar Street in Russell. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Russell | - | Large branches were snapped off. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Russell | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Russell | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Russell | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Russell | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wurtland Union Church | 4.7 miles | 2008 |
 | McConnell House, Law Office, and Slave Quarters | 5.1 miles | 1975 |
| Jesse Stuart House | 7.6 miles | 1982 | |
 | Worthington House | 7.6 miles | 1988 |
| McKee House | 7.7 miles | 1988 | |
| Kouns-Hoffman House | 7.9 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01000452 in Record Group 79. |
| Greenup County | All 18 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.