BlockFrom the record
One of 43 National Register listings published here for Pulaski County · listed in 2009 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Battle of Mill Springs Historic Areas (Boundary Increase)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The listing
- Address. Four discontiguous areas; two along KY 235 and two along the Cumberland River, Nancy, 42544
- When was it listed? June 2009
- Category. site
- Census division. Nancy
- National Register reference number. 08001121 - 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
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Battle of Mill Springs Historic Areas (Boundary Increase) between 2000 and 2019, burning about 243 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 205 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KING TOWN# 2 |
| 12 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PORTER CREEK |
| 7 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | IMPERIAL |
| 28 December 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CEDAR BLUFF |
| 23 November 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 November 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Storms near this property
38 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nancy, the town this property stands in, in 38 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 29 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew over a mobile home. A roof was blown off a garage and several 30 inch diameter trees were blown down. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Nancy | $20,000 | Multiple social media reports from the town of Nancy showed hail at least tennis ball size. Roof and siding damage to a few structures along the Lanetown Road was reported, likely resulting from wind driven hail. Vehicle glass was also broken. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $10,000 | The roof was blown off of a home on Old Ridge Road 5 miles southwest of Nancy. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $10,000 | Power lines down in the Nancy and Faubush areas. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a roof off of a factory plant in Nancy. Numerous trees down in the area. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $8,000 | A large tree was blown down on the Cottage Motel near Naney and knocked the building off its foundation. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $7,000 | A mobile home was overturned and porch blown off of home by high winds off KY 80 at Nancy. Telephone poles and trees down just north of Burnside. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $5,000 | Roof blown off home. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $2,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $1,000 | A tree was reportedly fallen and leaning on a power line at the 200 block of Lanetown Road (W. Frye Road) in the community of Nancy. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $1,000 | A tree was blown down and across Gossett Road. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $1,000 | Power lines blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | $500 | A large branch was blown down and was blocking the road on KY 196. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | A tree was reported down along KY-761, with a couple additional trees blown down in the vicinity. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | A tree was downed and blocking Hwy-761 near the community of Nancy. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Local Emergency Management reported trees were blown down and onto Kentucky Highway 80 between Nancy and Somerset. A pontoon boat was blown off of Lake Cumberland at Pulaski County Park. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Dispatch reported a tree blown down on Kentucky Highway 196 in Nancy. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees were blown down on Lanetown Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees were blown down along Hwy 3189. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | A tree was blown down at Haney's Appledale Farm. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | A large tree was blown down and onto a mobile home. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees were downed. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Tree reported down in Nancy. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | A tree was blown down on Hwy 80 West. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Nancy | - | The event occurred between 320 and 350pm. |
| January 2004 | Flash Flood | Nancy | - | Roberts Port Road, southwest of Nancy, was closed due to high water. Highway 1956 at Kentucky Highway 80 was closed and a family was evacuated due to high water. In and around Somerset, several roads were closed due to high water, including: Highway 635 at Kentucky Route 39, Route 1247 at Bodie Road, Kentucky Highway 80 East (at Pumphouse Road), and Kentucky Highway 70 at Goochtown Road. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees were down in Nancy and Woodshack. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nancy | - | One inch diameter hail occurred along the Cumberland Parkway. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Several trees were down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nancy | - | Trees Down. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Nancy | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Nancy | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nancy | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Nancy | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Nancy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Mill Springs Historic Areas | 0.9 miles | 1993 | |
| Confederate Mass Grave Monument in Somerset | 3.2 miles | 1997 | |
| Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument | 3.2 miles | 1997 | |
| Mill Springs National Cemetery | 4.0 miles | 1998 | |
| Nancy Elementary School | 4.2 miles | 2025 | |
 | US Post Office-Bronston | 7.9 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08001121 in Record Group 79. |
| Pulaski County | All 43 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.
- 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.