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One of 14 National Register listings published here for Macon County · listed in 2016 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. AL 81 at Pistol Range Rd., Notasulga, 36866
- When was it listed? April 2016
- Category. site
- Also known as. U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study, Macon County, Alabama MPS
- Census division. Notasulga
- National Register reference number. 15000433 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
177 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,702 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 43 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 | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170909-3 |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190929-3 |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-16 |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 54 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 Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chehaw Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mac 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this property
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Notasulga, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Notasulga | $500,000 | A tornado touched down in northeast Macon County south of Notasulga, east of County Road 81, along County Road 59. The tornado moved to the northeast, causing extensive tree damage. Approximately a dozen mobile homes sustained damage along County Road 54, before the tornado crossed into Lee County, south of Hunter Road. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Notasulga | $200,000 | The tornado that touched down near Liberty City in Tallapoosa County crossed into Macon County, and continued to travel southeast, staying just southwest of the Lee County line for most of its path. In Macon County, thousands of trees were either snapped off or uprooted along the damage path. A few mobile homes suffered varying degrees of damage, and one mobile home was knocked off its foundation. Several barns had their roofs partially removed, and several other structures suffered varying degrees of roof damage. Several homes and vehicles had windows broken out. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Notasulga | $85,000 | The supercell continued producing very large hail in a swath that covered the northern part of Macon County. Hail up to baseball size fell near Notasulga. Numerous automobiles and homes were damaged. A few trees were also blown down along the path. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | $20,000 | A roof was blown off an office building. Several trees were blown down along Highway 14. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | $18,000 | A vacant mobile was destroyed and several power lines were damaged along SR 199 near Notasulga. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in and around the city of Notasulga. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | $2,000 | A grocery store sustained minor damage when its front awning was torn off by wind gusts. Several trees were knocked down around the county. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Notasulga | $1,000 | Quarter size hail was reported in and near Notasulga in northern Macon County. |
| February 2024 | Flash Flood | Notasulga | - | Numerous county roadways were flooded and impassable after several inches of rainfall overnight. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | - | Measured wind gust of 68 MPH gust reported by a home weather station in the town of Notasulga. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | - | Large oak tree snapped and two power poles snapped in front of Notasulga High School. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Notasulga. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | - | Several trees uprooted near County Road 39 and Highway 14. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Notasulga | - | Heavy rainfall led to flash flooding and washed out a section of County Road 59. Seven to eight bridges have washed out. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | - | A few trees were uprooted near the intersection of County Road 54 and County Road 37. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Notasulga | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported on AL-14, near Connection Road just west of Notasulga. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Notasulga | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Hail | Notasulga | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Notasulga | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Notasulga | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Notasulga | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Notasulga | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and Rosenwald School | 0.7 miles | 2010 |
| Macon County High School | 3.0 miles | 2020 | |
 | Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site | 4.3 miles | 1998 |
 | Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital | 5.4 miles | 2012 |
| North Main Street Historic District | 6.2 miles | 1985 | |
| Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site | 6.3 miles | 1966 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000433 in Record Group 79. |
| Macon County | All 14 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.