BlockFrom the record
One of 37 National Register listings published here for Barren County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hicks, William House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Jeff Hicks Rd., Austin, 42123
- When was it listed? May 1983
- Category. building
- Also known as. Barren County MRA
- Census division. Tracy
- National Register reference number. 83002533 - 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
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hicks, William House between 1998 and 2005, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 November 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Storms near this property
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Austin, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $1,500,000 | The dock at the Barren River State Resort Park marina suffered severe structural damage. Several large sections of the dock, along with the boats moored within them, were blown out of position. Anchor cables holding the docks in place were snapped or large anchors were blown out of position. Two boats were sunk and several boat motors were lost in the storm. Most of the other boats at the marina sustained some type of minor damage. Elsewhere in the park, buildings were damaged and more than 500 trees were downed. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $20,000 | The Barren County emergency manager reported several downed trees and a barn blown down. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $3,000 | Wind damage occurred at a school near Austin, and to a commercial building in Glascow. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | A tree was blown down along Austin Tracy Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | A tree was reported down at Bewleytown and Runaway Drive. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | A tree was reported down on the 4000 block of Austin Tracey Road. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | A tree was knocked down near the corner of Austin-Tracy Road and Boat Ramp Rd. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | Several trees were downed near Austin. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | Trees were downed along highway 31E. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Austin | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Austin | - | no account filed |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Austin | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asa E. Young House | 5.8 miles | 1983 | |
| Landrum | 7.2 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83002533 in Record Group 79. |
| Barren County | All 37 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.