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One of 36 National Register listings published here for Johnson County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
John J. and Ellen Lemaster House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Lemaster, John J. and Ellen, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. .6 mi. NE of Low Gap on Low Gap Fork, Low Gap, 41238
- When was it listed? January 1989
- Category. building
- Also known as. Johnson County MRA
- Census division. Flatgap
- National Register reference number. 88003177 - 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
238 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of John J. and Ellen Lemaster House between 1997 and 2020, burning about 6,112 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 62 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 | 88 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOW BRANCH ROAD |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | M SALYERS ROAD II |
| 25 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RT. 40 SPI |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of John J. and Ellen Lemaster House: 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mjm Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stffordsville Sandstone Roadcut | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Cantrill Branch Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Shack Branch Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Volga Shale | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | David McKenzie Log Cabin | 1.8 miles | 1982 |
| Williams House | 3.7 miles | 1989 | |
| Lloyd Hamilton Mott House | 3.9 miles | 1989 | |
| Jeff Bond House | 3.9 miles | 1989 | |
| Oil Springs High School Gymnasium | 4.1 miles | 1989 | |
| Oil Springs Methodist Church | 4.1 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88003177 in Record Group 79. |
| Johnson County | All 36 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.