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One of 43 National Register listings published here for Pulaski County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
James-Owens House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Off KY 80, Shopville, 42501
- When was it listed? August 1985
- Category. building
- Also known as. Pulaski County MRA
- Census division. Shopville
- National Register reference number. 85001839 - 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
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of James-Owens House between 1998 and 2019, burning about 2,745 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 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 James-Owens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shopville, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shopville | $3,000 | Several powerlines reported down near 461 Shopville Rd. in Shopville, Kentucky. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Shopville | $1,000 | A creek was out of its banks and surrounding a residence in Shopville. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shopville | $1,000 | A tree was blown down and onto KY Hwy 1003 near Shopville. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Shopville | $100 | A trained spotter observed several inches of water flowing over Shopville Road in Shopville. |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Shopville | - | Broadcast media relayed a public report of 4 inches of rain having fallen in about 1 hour as storms moved through the Shopville community. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shopville | - | Dispatch relayed a report of a tree blown down onto Kentucky Highway 1003 southeast of Shopville. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shopville | - | Trees were blown down along Grundy Rd. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shopville | - | Large tree limbs were blown down around the school in Shopville. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shopville | - | A tree was blown down on Hwy 1003. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shopville | - | A metal roof was flown off of a home on James Rd. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Shopville | - | One inch diameter hail occurred in Shopville and Nancy. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Shopville | - | Two people were trapped in their house by a flooded creek, and were rescued by helicopter. There was also flash flooding reported on Lacey Fork in Burdine Valley. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shopville | - | Trees downed. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Shopville | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Shopville | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shopville | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James-Hansford House | 0.5 miles | 1985 | |
| Shopville Elementary School | 0.7 miles | 2025 | |
| Evans House | 3.7 miles | 1985 | |
| Dabney Post Office | 4.5 miles | 1984 | |
 | Battle of Dutton's Hill Monument | 7.3 miles | 1997 |
 | Somerset Armory | 7.6 miles | 2002 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001839 in Record Group 79. |
| Pulaski County | All 43 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.