BlockFrom the record
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Grayson County · listed in 1978 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Grayson Springs
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The listing
- Address. S of Clarkson, Clarkson, 42754
- When was it listed? December 1978
- Category. site
- Census division. Leitchfield
- National Register reference number. 78001334 - 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
18 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Grayson Springs between 2000 and 2018, burning about 167 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TAYLOR FORK |
| 2 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TIMBERLAND FIRE |
| 18 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRAYSON SPRINGS |
| 14 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BLOCK CITY |
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 Grayson Springs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragland Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
22 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarkson, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 heavy rain, 3 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 2024 | Hail | Clarkson | - | Golf ball sized hail was observed near Clarkson. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | A 20x50 foot pole barn was destroyed by strong winds a mile north of Clarkson. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Clarkson | - | Millerstown Road in Clarkson was closed due to high water. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Clarkson | - | There was water flowing over Millerstown Road and Highway 224 near Clarkson, Kentucky. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | The media reported on tree and power pole damage near Highway 920 and Highway 62. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Clarkson | - | One inch hail was reported by the media. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Clarkson | - | A trained spotter reported 2 to 4 inches of water flowing over portions of highway 224. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | A Kentucky state official reported to the NWS of several trees down on Clifty Avenue in Clarkson. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Clarkson | - | A Facebook image showed quarter sized hail that fell in Clarkson. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | Several trees were blown down in the Leitchfield and Clarkson areas of Grayson county. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | A trained spotter reported a gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | A barn roof was partially removed along US 62. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Clarkson | - | Heavy rain of 2.50 inches over a couple of hours caused some minor flooding in Clarkson. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs. |
| January 2008 | Flash Flood | Clarkson | - | Six inches of water covered some roadways. Some yards were under water. |
| August 2003 | Heavy Rain | Clarkson | - | Highway 224 was flooded in spots in eastern Grayson County. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Heavy Rain | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Augustine Catholic Church | 0.7 miles | 1989 |
 | Cedars, The | 2.0 miles | 1976 |
 | Jack Thomas House | 4.0 miles | 1976 |
| Court Square Historic District | 4.1 miles | 1984 | |
| Court Square Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 4.1 miles | 1988 | |
 | Hunter House | 4.1 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78001334 in Record Group 79. |
| Grayson County | All 8 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.