Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
“The Tanner Farmhouse is a historic residence near Wilmer, Alabama, United States. Completed in 1886, the one-story house was designed by Joseph A.”
Wikipedia article Tanner Farmhouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 146 National Register listings published here for Mobile County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 424 fires within 5 miles of Tanner Farmhouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,112 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 144 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 144 |
| Debris and open burning | 142 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20120927-001 |
| 27 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190926-5 |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilmer, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmer | $100,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms moved across the county producing damage at several different locations. Some of the most significant damage occurred in Semmes where trees were blown down and a plant nursery sustained considerable damage. Tree and roof damage also occurred in the Wilmer area. Wind shear detection instruments at the Mobile Regional Airport recorded a wind gust of 68 mph as the squall line moved across the airport. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmer | $15,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew trees down around Wilmer and the western part of Mobile county. |
| October 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Wilmer | $15,000 | The tornado that moved through the Howell community in Mississippi then moved into Mobile county where the storm blew down several trees and damaged some outbuildings before lifting back into the cloud near U S Highway 98 just west of Wilmer. As in George county, the tornado was only on the ground for a short period of time. No injuries were reported in Mobile county. |
| November 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmer | $10,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm downed trees near Wilmer. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmer | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down along and in the vicinity Moffett Road by severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmer | $5,000 | High winds damaged a mobile home near Wilmer. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmer | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down on Coleman Dairy road. One of the trees fell across a storage shed and damaged it. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Wilmer | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported on Glenwood Hills Drive in Wilmer. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Wilmer | - | Nickel size hail in Wilmer. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Wilmer | - | Golfball size hail was reported near Wilmer. Hail fell for about five minutes in the area. No damage was reported from the hail. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Wilmer | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Wilmer | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Wilmer | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Wilmer | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Wilmer | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Wilmer | - | no account filed |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08000429 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Mobile County | All 146 listed properties in this county. |
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