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One of 6 National Register listings published here for Lowndes County · listed in 2023 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Campsite 3: The Gardner Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- Address. 2342 Frederick Douglass Rd., Lowndesboro, 36752
- When was it listed? July 2023
- Category. district
- Census division. Hayneville
- National Register reference number. 100009120 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
46 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Campsite 3: The Gardner Farm between 1995 and 2019, burning about 507 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190926-9 |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Campsite 3: The Gardner Farm: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowndes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lowndes Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this property
21 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowndesboro, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Lowndesboro | $85,000 | The tornado first touched down just west of Caffey Road, near Robinsons Lake, in northeastern Lowndes County. It then moved northeast, crossing US-80 and County Road 37, before lifting. The most concentrated damage occurred at Mt. Olive Church and the Auxiliary Mt. Olive Church, on Frederick Douglass Road. A wing of the auxiliary church had its entire roof blown off, a couple windows blown out, and the steeple was blown 100 yards over a house. The main church building sustained damage to about 20% of its roof. Multiple trees were also blown down in the church area. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowndesboro | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down in the St. Clair community north of Lowndesboro. Three vehicles were damaged by the falling trees. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Lowndesboro | $20,000 | Penny to quarter size hail fell along the path of the storm through Lowndes County. Several trees were blown down near the Davenport Community. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowndesboro | $15,000 | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowndesboro | $14,000 | A few homes suffered minor wind damage near the intersection of CR 9 and US 80, just north of the Petronia Community. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowndesboro | $1,000 | A large tree was snapped along Alabama Highway 97, just south of U.S. Highway 80. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowndesboro | - | Several trees uprooted along Highway 80 in Lowndesboro. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lowndesboro | - | Nickel size hail in Lowndesboro. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Lowndesboro | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northern Lowndes County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 85 mph. The tornado touched down at Fice Cemetery along Highway 80 on the south side of Lowndesboro, where a couple of trees were snapped. The tornado strengthened as it tracked northward toward the center of town along Broad Street. At Lowndes Academy, one building lost its metal roof. Numerous historic homes sustained minor roof damage, and a couple dozen very large mature trees were uprooted at these homes. Only one home sustained partial roof removal due to uplift along the front porch. The tornado weakened as it moved north of the historic district and eventually dissipated near the intersection of Broad Street and Brown Hill Road. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Lowndesboro | - | Several roads washed in the city of Lowndessboro and Highway 80 impassable in a few locations. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Lowndesboro | - | Several roads flooded in northeast Lowndes County between the cities of Lowndesboro and Hayneville. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowndesboro | - | Several trees uprooted near Lowndesboro. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Lowndesboro | - | Quarter size hail fell across northern Lowndes County from near White Hall to near the Burkville community. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Lowndesboro | - | Nickel size hail was observed near the Lowndes Wildlife Management Area and CR 40. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Lowndesboro | - | Quarter size hail was reported north of Lowndesboro near the Robinsons and Burkville communities. |
| March 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Lowndesboro | - | A funnel cloud was reported by a pilot 12 miles west of Dannelly Field or in the Lowndesboro area. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Lowndesboro | - | One inch diameter size hail was reported just east-northeast of Lowndesboro just north of US 80. |
| January 2000 | Hail | Lowndesboro | - | Dime to nickel size hail fell around Lowndesboro. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lowndesboro | - | Dime size hail was reported in White Hall. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Lowndesboro | - | Half dollar size hail was reported in Lowndesboro. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Lowndesboro | - | Hail the size of quarters fell in Lowndesboro. |
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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lowndesboro | 4.4 miles | 1973 |
 | Lowndes County Courthouse | 6.3 miles | 1971 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009120 in Record Group 79. |
| Lowndes County | All 6 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.