BlockFrom the record
One of 142 National Register listings published here for Shelby County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
William Sleadd Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 6 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Sleadd, William, Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. KY 1790, .5 mi. E of Hooper, Hooper, 40065
- When was it listed? December 1988
- Category. building
- Also known as. Shelby County MRA
- Census division. Harrisonville
- National Register reference number. 88002941 - 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
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of William Sleadd Farm between 2005 and 2010, burning about 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LEWIS FIRE |
| 16 February 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 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 Sleadd Farm: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Valley Aluminum/Shelbyville Ky | Aluminum | Unknown |
Storms near this property
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hooper, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooper | - | Straight line winds damaged a barn. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooper | - | A spotter reported several large trees down near Hemp Ridge Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnston House | 0.6 miles | 1988 | |
| Bethel Church | 1.7 miles | 1988 | |
| Cross Keys Tavern Kitchen and Quarters | 1.9 miles | 1987 | |
| Shropshire Farm | 2.0 miles | 1988 | |
 | Dr. Nash House | 2.3 miles | 1988 |
| Tindall House | 2.4 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88002941 in Record Group 79. |
| Shelby County | All 142 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.