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Webster County Courthouse

Built in 1938 (modern architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

From the record

“The Webster County Courthouse in Dixon, Kentucky, on Dixon's Courthouse Square, is a Moderne-style courthouse built in 1938. It was a Works Progress Administration project.”

Wikipedia article Webster County Courthouse (Kentucky), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Webster County · listed in 1991 · category: Building · built in 1938, modern architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Courthouse Square, Dixon, 42409
  • When was it listed? August 1991
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Dixon
  • When was it built? 1938
  • Architectural style. modern architecture
  • National Register reference number. 91000924 - 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

28 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Webster County Courthouse between 2000 and 2016, burning about 350 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 April 2009Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 April 2009Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 April 2001Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 2002Equipment and vehicle use25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Storms near this property

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixon, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 tornado. The reports record 5 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2007Tornado (EF2)Dixon5 hurt, $2,500,000Three residences were destroyed, and ten others were damaged. Four of the damaged residences were deemed uninhabitable. Six chicken houses were destroyed. A rehabilitation center for troubled young adults received about 2 million dollars in damage. Four persons were seriously injured, and a fifth person received minor injuries. One of the injuries occurred when the tornado picked up a vehicle and tossed it. The occupant of the vehicle was ejected. The other four injuries occurred at a modular home on Kentucky 494. The modular home was nearly obliterated, with debris blown across nearby fields. The home's steel frame was thrown about 300 feet. All four occupants were seriously injured, including broken vertebrae and a punctured lung. Numerous roads were blocked by downed trees. Peak winds were estimated at 135 mph. The average path width was 250 yards.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindDixon$250,000A 64 MPH wind gust was measured by a trained spotter in Dixon. The south portion of the high school in Dixon received major damage. A portion of the roof was damaged, as well as several classrooms, anexit door and hallway. Some parts of the school sustained water damage. At a golf course in Dixon, a trailer used as a business office was destroyed. Numerous trees were blown down. On Kentucky 132 near Sebree, a mobile home was overturned.
September 2006Tornado (F1)Dixon$150,000Most of the structural damage from this tornado occurred in Dixon, where two homes received major damage, and numerous others sustained minor damage. There was extensive roof damage at an apartment building and a grocery store in Dixon. Damage to roofs and outbuildings was the most common type of damage. A total of 28 structures were damaged, mostly due to falling trees. All along the tornado path, numerous trees were uprooted or topped, and some utility poles were snapped. Some trees fell across roads, blocking them. Kentucky Highway 138 was blocked for a time. Other trees fell on structures such as the grocery store in Dixon. Peak winds were estimated near 110 MPH. In Dixon, a wind gust to 111 MPH was measured by the deputy emergency management director using Davis wind equipment. This tornado was spawned by the same supercell thunderstorm that produced a tornado in Crittenden County.
March 1997Flash FloodDixon$70,000no account filed
March 2009Tornado (EF1)Dixon$40,000Peak winds in this very brief tornado were estimated near 95 mph. Four outbuildings were destroyed. A garage and a camper were damaged.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindDixon$38,000Near and south of Dixon along U.S. Highway 41A, several trees were down, roofs were damaged, and a small farm building was destroyed.
October 2009LightningDixon$20,000Lightning struck a house on U.S. Highway 41-A. The lightning damaged several appliances. A telephone line was shredded. The bolt exited the house on the back side, ripping pieces of vinyl siding at the exit point. The house sustained unspecified damage inside.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDixon$10,000Thunderstorm winds caused major damage at Webster County High School. A section of roof about 30 by 100 feet was ripped off the center of the school. Some roofing was blown several hundred feet away.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindDixon$5,000A tree and some power lines were down.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindDixon$5,000Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and knocked power lines down.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindDixon$4,000Downed trees and power lines were reported in Dixon and Sebree. Three or four trees were down across roads.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDixon$3,000Several trees were blown down.
February 2023Flash FloodDixon-A few road closures occurred due to flooding, including Highway 132 at the 12 mile marker, Kentucky 138 at the 10 mile marker, and Kentucky 270 near the 7-mile marker. Rain gage readings around the region were in the 2.5 to 3 inch range for the 24-hour period.
September 2023HailDixon-Hail covered the ground, with the largest stones around a half dollar.
January 2020Flash FloodDixon-Numerous roads throughout the county had water over them, including Highways 132 and 138.
June 2019Flash FloodDixon-State Route 132 West was closed in two areas. State Route 270 was flooded southwest of Dixon.
July 2019Funnel CloudDixon-A funnel cloud was reported by a trained spotter.
October 2013Heavy RainDixon-A co-operative observer measured a daily rainfall total of 5.24 inches.
March 2012Tornado (EF0)Dixon-The tornado touched down about 1 mile southwest of Dixon and ended in Dixon. A few tree limbs and a couple of signs were blown down in and just southwest of Dixon.
July 2011Heavy RainDixon-A co-operative observer measured a 24-hour rainfall total of 3.45 inches.
September 2009Heavy RainDixon-Standing water was observed along Highway 132 West for a short period of time.
May 2008Flash FloodDixon-One county road and two state highways were closed due to high water.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindDixon-Trees were blown down.
April 2006HailDixon-Dime size hail fell in Dixon. Up to golf ball size hail fell just a few miles to the north.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindDixon-A few trees were blown down.
May 2023HailDixon-no account filed
April 2014HailDixon-no account filed
April 2013HailDixon-no account filed
May 2012HailDixon-no account filed
February 2008HailDixon-no account filed
October 2007HailDixon-no account filed
June 2004Funnel CloudDixon-no account filed
May 2002HailDixon-no account filed
May 2002HailDixon-no account filed
March 1997HailDixon-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindDixon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Webster County

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91000924 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Webster CountyAll 3 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.