BlockFrom the record
One of 21 National Register listings published here for Edmonson County · listed in 1991 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Crystal Cave District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The listing
- Address. Mammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, 42259
- When was it listed? May 1991
- Category. district
- Also known as. Mammoth Cave National Park MPS
- Census division. Mammoth Cave
- National Register reference number. 91000500 - 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
30 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Crystal Cave District between 1993 and 2018, burning about 261 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | SANDERS |
| 5 July 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FLINT RIDG |
| 24 July 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | DOYEL VALLEY |
| 14 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | HERITAGE TRAIL |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Mammoth Cave National Park | CENTER POINT |
| 12 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Storms near this property
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mammoth Cave, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mammoth Cave | $5,000 | A spotter in Mammoth Cave National Park reported power lines down and snapped poles. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mammoth Cave | - | Dispatch reported multiple trees were blown down at Mammoth Cave National Park. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mammoth Cave | - | Officials at Mammoth Cave National Park reported numerous trees down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mammoth Cave | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down in Mammoth Cave National Park. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mammoth Cave | - | A large tree was blown down in the Mammoth Cave area. Time is estimated based on radar data. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mammoth Cave | - | Trees were downed near Mammoth Cave. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mammoth Cave | - | Several trees were reported down around Mammoth Cave. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Mammoth Cave | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery | 1.4 miles | 1991 |
 | Great Onyx Cave Entrance | 1.4 miles | 1991 |
 | Bransford Spring Pumphouse | 1.4 miles | 1991 |
 | Three Springs Pumphouse | 1.9 miles | 1991 |
 | Colossal Cavern Entrance | 1.9 miles | 1991 |
| Superintendent's House | 2.6 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000500 in Record Group 79. |
| Edmonson County | All 21 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.
- 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.