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One of 526 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Kosmosdale Depot
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Off Dixie Hwy., Valley Station, 40272
- When was it listed? April 1984
- Category. building
- Also known as. Jefferson County MRA
- Census division. South Dixie
- National Register reference number. 84001562 - 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
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Kosmosdale Depot between 1997 and 2014, burning about 543 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POINTE BLVD FIRE |
| 5 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WINDING CREEK FIRE |
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEAVERS RUN FIRE |
| 11 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kosmosdale Depot: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosmos Cement Division | Stone | Producer | ||
| Kosmosdale Pit | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this property
37 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valley Station, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Valley Station | $10,000 | A water rescue took place to rescue a person stuck in a vehicle on Grafton Hall Road. |
| May 2010 | Lightning | Valley Station | $6,000 | A lightning strike caused limbs to fly. Some of the limbs broke windows in homes along Rogers St. off West Pages Ln. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Valley Station | $5,000 | Several cars were damaged by hail. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | $1,000 | Large branches were downed, damaging a fence along Deering Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | A carport was lifted into power lines by strong winds near Valley Station. |
| October 2025 | Flash Flood | Valley Station | - | There was an SUV submerged in water. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Trees and power lines were downed by strong winds in Valley Station. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Trees were reported down. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Trees were down near West Pages Lane at Devonshire Lane. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Valley Station | - | The hail was measured at Stonestreet Road. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | A large tree limb fell down on Aristides Drive. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Local broadcast media meteorologists reported trees down in Valley Station. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in a tree falling through a roof of a home. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | A member of the broadcast media relayed a report of a large tree limb down in Valley Station. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | A broadcast meteorologist relayed a report of a large tree snapped off. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | An off-duty NWS employee relayed a report of a tree snapped off along Johnsontown Road near Highway 31W. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | The public reported a tree down on a house near the Valley Station subdivision. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Winds caused some trees to fall. There were also some areas of standing water. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Valley Station | - | Dixie Highway was closed at Valley Station Road due to high water. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Valley Station | - | The Ohio River below Louisville crested around 57.6 feet around 800 AM EST on March 21. Flood stage on the lower gage is 55 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with River Front Park in downtown Louisville flooded. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Trees were downed. Spotters estimated a 70 MPH wind gust. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Valley Station | - | Nickel size hail was also reported in the Pleasure Ridge Park area. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Widespread tree damage and numerous large trees were split. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Power lines were downed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Trees were downed in the Stonestreet Road area. Some of the trees were blown on to power lines. Electricity was out to about 6000 customers. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Numerous large limbs were downed. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Trees were downed along Dixie Highway. |
| February 2002 | Hail | Valley Station | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | Large tree down reported by Department of Emergency Service. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Valley Station | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Valley Station | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Valley Station | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley Station | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Valley Station | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Valley Station | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Farnsley-Moremen House | 4.6 miles | 1979 |
| Aydelott House | 4.9 miles | 1980 | |
| Jones House | 5.7 miles | 1983 | |
 | Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Sanitarium Historic Buildings | 7.7 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84001562 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 526 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.