Florala Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

From the record

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Covington County · listed in 2010 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. 23216-24310 Fifth Ave, N Fifth St. 519-1189 S Fifth St. 1113-1115 Fourth St, 22510-22664 Wall St, Florala, 36442
When was it listed? December 2010
Category. district
Census division. Florala
National Register reference number. 10001050 - 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Florala Historic District between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,982 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 35 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
Debris and open burning	36
Arson/incendiarism	35
Railroad operations and maintenance	30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Smoking	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Fireworks	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
8 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	66/PERKINS ROAD
30 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
27 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	589 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190927-5
22 September 2019	Smoking	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	CO HWY 147 (66)
2 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
30 August 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
4 July 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
9 June 2018	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	COUNTY LINE (46)

Every fire recorded in Covington County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Florala Historic District: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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
	White Construction Company, Inc. - Pleasant Grove Mine	Sand	Unknown

Every working recorded in Covington County

Storms near this property

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florala, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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
July 2004	Lightning	Florala	1 killed	A 71 year old male was standing in a carport during a thunderstorm. Lightning struck a tree near the carport and then the bolt hit the man in the chest while he was standing underneath the metal carport. The male was not found for a couple of hours and was already dead when help arrived.
March 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	$30,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a tree that fell on a trailer.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	$20,000	High thunderstorm winds blew down trees throughout the community. One of the trees fell onto a house, causing damage to the structure.
March 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	$15,000	High winds from a thunderstorm blew down trees and power lines near Florala. Several light weight structures suffered wind damage. This is the same complex of thunderstorms that later produced the Enterprise tornado.
March 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	$12,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees in Florala.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	$10,000	Winds estimated at 70mph downed trees and caused roof damage to a business in Florala.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	$10,000	Law enforcement officials reported that high winds blew several trees down. Minor damage was also done to a schools roof and siding.
October 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	$10,000	Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 55 northwest of Florala.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	$8,000	Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds from a thunderstorm.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	$5,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	$5,000	Trees were blown down near Florala.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	$3,000	High storm winds damaged the skirting under some mobile homes in the community.
March 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	$2,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees near Headquarter Camp Road.
May 2024	Flash Flood	Florala	-	Water over roadway at 3rd Street and 5th Avenue in Florala.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	-	High winds downed trees.
April 2020	Tornado (EF0)	Florala	-	A grain bin was damaged by a brief EF-0 tornado.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	-	Multiple trees and power lines blown down by severe thunderstorm winds near 60 mph in Florala.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	-	Numerous medium to large trees and power lines were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds near 60 mph. One home suffered structural damage. Northern part of town was without power for several hours after the event due to downed power lines.
January 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Florala	-	no account filed
March 2009	Hail	Florala	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Florala	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Florala	-	no account filed
March 2002	Hail	Florala	-	no account filed
July 2002	Hail	Florala	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Covington 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 record	The nomination case file for reference 10001050 in Record Group 79.
Covington County	All 10 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.