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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
William Johnson Wood 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.
- Listed as. Wood, William Johnson, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. E of Hiseville, Hiseville, 42141
- When was it listed? May 1983
- Category. building
- Also known as. Barren County MRA
- Census division. Hiseville
- National Register reference number. 83002551 - 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
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of William Johnson Wood House between 1999 and 2019, burning about 102 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CRENSHAW CASSIDY RD. FIRE |
| 1 March 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 February 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 February 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 December 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 32 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JEFFERIES CEMT RD |
| 1 December 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 William Johnson Wood House: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hiseville, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hiseville | $50,000 | Several house lost roofs and 5 barns were destroyed by downburst winds. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Hiseville | $40,000 | The EF-1 tornado tracked along a roughly 6 mile long intermittent path from northeastern Barren County into far northern Metcalfe County. It first touched down as an EF-0 tornado 1 mile northeast of Hiseville. The tornado then produced EF-1 damage along its path before lifting about one mile south of the town of Center in Metcalfe County. A home was damaged along with several out-buildings - including a well constructed barn which was destroyed - and numerous trees were uprooted. The tornado was 30 yards wide and ended seven minutes later at 311 pm CDT. Maximum winds ranged from 75 to 90 mph. No injuries or fatalities were associated with this tornado. |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Hiseville | $40,000 | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hiseville | $30,000 | Local Law enforcement reported that homes and garages were damaged. A local newspaper reported that shingles were removed from the roof of the Hiseville Parts Center on Hiseville's Main Street. Several local dairies around Hiseville had extensive damage. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hiseville | - | A tree and power lines were down on Park Street in Hiseville. |
| August 2012 | Flood | Hiseville | - | Local law enforcement reported that water covered a portion of highway 70 between Griderville and Hiseville. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hiseville | - | Local Broadcast media reported that several trees and power lines were downed near Hiseville. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hiseville | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hiseville | - | A large tree was uprooted and a metal outbuilding was destroyed. Tree limbs were also downed just off KY 70. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hiseville | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hiseville | - | A tree was downed. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hiseville | - | Trees were downed. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hiseville | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Hiseville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Hiseville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Hiseville | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quigley, G. F., and Son Grocery | 6.5 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83002551 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.
- 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.