BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Sumter County · listed in 2023 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Federation of Southern Cooperatives Rural Training and Research Center
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- Address. 575 Federation Rd., Epes, 35464
- When was it listed? October 2023
- Category. district
- Census division. Gainesville
- National Register reference number. 100009125 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Federation of Southern Cooperatives Rural Training and Research Center between 1994 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20130916-001 |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190808-2 |
| 3 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200731-2 |
| 3 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Federation of Southern Cooperatives Rural Training and Research Center: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epes Lime Pit | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Swilley's Bend Quarry | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Johnston Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Swilleys Bend Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Epes, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epes | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Epes | $10,000 | The intersection of CR-20 and AL-39 was washed out due to heavy rainfall. |
| June 2006 | Lightning | Epes | $10,000 | A vehicle was struck by lightning while traveling near mile marker 21 on Interstate 20/59. Although the vehicle was completely disabled by the strike, the occupants were not harmed. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Epes | $2,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported in the Epes area. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epes | - | Trees were downed in the Jones Bluff areas of Epes. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epes | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Epes. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Epes | - | Hail was reported at Epes. Several trees were also reported down in the area. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Epes | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colgin Hill | 4.2 miles | 1985 | |
| Laura Watson House | 4.4 miles | 1985 | |
 | Gainesville Historic District | 4.6 miles | 1985 |
 | Gibbs House | 4.7 miles | 1985 |
 | Col. Green G. Mobley House | 4.9 miles | 1982 |
 | Main-Yankee Street Historic District | 5.0 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009125 in Record Group 79. |
| Sumter County | All 13 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.