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Clarkson House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“Clarkson House is a Federal-style house in Flaherty, Kentucky, United States that is believed to have been built in 1832. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.”

Wikipedia article Clarkson House (Flaherty, Kentucky), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Meade County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Clarkson Rd., Flaherty, 40175
  • When was it listed? May 1983
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Flaherty
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 83002825 - 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

22 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Clarkson House between 1999 and 2019, burning about 128 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
Recreation and ceremony12
Debris and open burning4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySMALLWOOD RD.
25 August 1999Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 May 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHOBBS LANE
6 April 2013Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryST. JOHNS FIRE
2 April 2009Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 April 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 April 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Clarkson House: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Flaherty-Otter Creek Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Meade County

Storms near this property

23 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flaherty, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 flash flood. The reports record 19 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1995Thunderstorm WindFlaherty18 hurtMobile home park received substantial damage. Medical assistance was requested from surrounding counties for injuries. A total of 18 minor injuries was reported across the county. The total damage included a destroyed church and 656 damaged homes and businesses. The damage was attributed to downburst winds up to 120 mph with embedded weak F1 tornadoes not out of the question.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindFlaherty1 hurt, $10,000A tree was blown on to a house. One person was injured.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindFlaherty$50,000no account filed
October 2007Tornado (EF1)Flaherty$20,000The tornado touched down a mile north northwest of Flaherty, and lifted near Camp Carlson in the southern portion of Fort Knox. Damage from the tornado was consistent with an EF-1 tornado. Most of the damage was concentrated near the intersection of U.S. 60 and County Road 1882. The Rock Inn sustained roof damage, and a service station canopy was knocked over. The tornado also uprooted large trees along the damage path.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFlaherty$10,000The Flaherty fire department reported a tree that fell on a home.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFlaherty$1,000The Meade County emergency manager reported power lines down on Saint Martin Road near Flaherty.
March 2026Tornado (EF1)Flaherty-The tornado crossed into Meade County near Rineyville Rd. A bigger tree fell onto a house in the Country Ct area. The tornado took a leftward turn, heading north, mimicking a turn in the tight mesovortex seen on radar imagery. It caused damage at the Meade County Bank near the intersection of Flaherty Rd and Joe Prather Hwy. Damage was observed to trees and some houses along Camelot Drive and Rabbit Run Road. The tornado continued across fields and did extensive damage to a farm beside Fort Avenue. Multiple farm buildings were significantly damaged with roofs lofted across Rabbit Run Rd east of Fort Avenue, where the damage appeared to end.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindFlaherty-Entering into Meade County, the emergency manager noted a tree came down across the road, pulling a power line down with it, along Vowels Pl. Additional tree damage was |noted along Rolling Hills Road and then further extensive damage to a farm along Fort Ave. This is the approximate end point of stronger wind damage. KLVX velocity data showed a quick weakening trend in those stronger velocities even at higher tilts. The winds likely remained stronger downstream of the damage but did not cause as widespread of damage.
March 2025Tornado (EF1)Flaherty-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Meade and Hardin County, near the communities of Flaherty and Radcliff, and determined an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 100 mph occurred the evening of March 30th, 2025. The tornado had a path length of 7.21 miles and a width of 50 yards. ||The first damage to be observed was just south of Flaherty Elementary school to a farm outbuilding where major roof loss was observed. A nearby residence also had roof damage occur. The tornado continued across Flaherty Road and Joe Prather Highway |damaging several trees along the way near Rabbit Run Road. The tornado continued across rural sections of Meade County before striking a residence and a garage. The roof lifted over the house and landed about 100 yards away. Siding and tree damage indicated several different directions, indicative of rotation. ||The tornado continued along Rogers Lake Road with several trees in different directions, continuing to indicate the rotational damage of the tornado. The damage continued into Hardin County.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFlaherty-A tree was blown down across Coleman Road by strong thunderstorm winds. The fallen tree brought down power lines in the area.
April 2025Flash FloodFlaherty-Water was moving swiftly across the intersection of Country Court and Gardener Drive.
April 2025Flash FloodFlaherty-An unknown road was impassable due to flooding.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Flaherty-A National Weather Service Louisville storm survey confirmed an EF1 tornado|just north of Vine Grove. The tornado touched down off Fort |Avenue near Browning Drive. There was some twisting of cedar trees, |topping of maple trees, and one uprooted black walnut tree. |Trees were facing from a northerly direction to an east |southeasterly direction. Wind speeds were estimated to be between |80 and 85 mph, EF0, with a width of 100 yards in this area. ||The tornado increased in strength near Knox Avenue with trees |topped and uprooted. A one story house had a large section of its |roof ripped off. Debris from the house was thrown from the east |southeast all the way to the north northeast. Drone photography |was instrumental in determining it was a tornado. Wind speeds were |estimated to be 90 mph, EF1, with a width of 150 yards. ||The tornado produced very sporadic tree damage, and lifted before|reaching Hardin County.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFlaherty-Multiple reports of trees and power lines blown down in and around Flaherty.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFlaherty-A law enforcement official reported a tree down on Old Highway 144.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFlaherty-Several trees were downed on Coleman Road in eastern Meade County.
July 2011Flash FloodFlaherty-Water flooded State Highway 144 just to the south of Flaherty.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFlaherty-A tree fell on a house near Fort Knox.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindFlaherty-Trees down
June 1999Thunderstorm WindFlaherty-Several trees down
August 2003Thunderstorm WindFlaherty-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFlaherty-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindFlaherty-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meade County

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83002825 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Meade CountyAll 12 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.