Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
“The Groves-Cabell House, known also as the DeWitt House, located off Kentucky Route 61 near Gresham, Kentucky, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.”
Wikipedia article Groves-Cabell House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 47 National Register listings published here for Green County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Groves-Cabell House between 1998 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HARMON ROAD |
| 24 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LEMONS BEND RD. FIRE |
| 5 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRAMLETT |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.3 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RUSSELL CREEK |
| 30 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gresham, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Gresham | $200,000 | This brief tornado tracked for approximately 1.1 miles with a maximum width of 50 yards. The highest winds were estimated to have been 95 to 105 mph. The tornado destroyed two barns and one mobile home in addition to considerable roof damage to six outbuildings along Ebenezer Road and Highway 61 southeast of Greensburg. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham | - | Multiple trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds along Ebenezer Road in southeastern Green County. |
| January 2022 | Flash Flood | Gresham | - | Flash flooding with rapidly moving water flowing over KY SR 61 (Columbia Road). Damage amount unknown. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Gresham | - | A driver reported fast flowing water over Highway 61 between Greensburg and Columbia. Emergency crews were en route to close the roadway. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Gresham | - | A Green County official reported several inches of water on Colombia Highway southeast of Gresham. |
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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebenezer School | 2.1 miles | 1984 | |
 | Christopher Columbus Christie House | 2.1 miles | 1984 |
 | Anderson House | 2.3 miles | 1984 |
 | Mt. Gilead Baptist Church | 2.6 miles | 1984 |
| Keltner House | 2.7 miles | 1984 | |
| David Hilliard House | 4.5 miles | 1984 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84001510 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Green County | All 47 listed properties in this county. |
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