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One of 13 National Register listings published here for Elmore County · listed in 1992 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Tallassee Commercial Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
The listing
- Address. Roughly, 3 blocks on S side Barnett Blvd. between old River Rd. and DuBois St., Tallassee, 36078
- When was it listed? March 1992
- Category. district
- Census division. Tallassee
- National Register reference number. 92000072 - 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
128 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Tallassee Commercial Historic District between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,142 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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 | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170908-1 |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120927-002 |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120902-001 |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tallassee Commercial Historic District: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpe # 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
35 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tallassee, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 22 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | 1 hurt, $85,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down or snapped off throughout Tallassee. One man suffered minor injuries when a tree landed on his moving vehicle. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Tallassee | $45,000 | A small tornado touched down northwest of Tallassee and crossed SR 14 on a east-southeast path. The weak tornado downed trees and caused minor roof damage to several residential structures. |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Tallassee | $38,000 | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down in Tallassee. Two outbuildings were heavily damaged. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $18,000 | Some large trees were uprooted and a few of the trees landed on vehicles. A tin roof was blown off the old Hammerstone Foods Plant. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Tallassee | $8,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported on Hwy 14 east, in the eastern part of the county. |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Tallassee | $8,000 | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $5,000 | A few power lines were knocked over near Friendship. |
| July 2005 | Lightning | Tallassee | $4,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down by state troopers near Tallassee. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down in the eastern portion of the county. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on CR 8 near the Friendship Community. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Tallassee | $2,000 | Hail the size of quarters was reported along SR 14 on the west side of Tallassee. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | $1,000 | A thunderstorm gust front blew a tree down onto a power line on Weldon Drive in Tallassee. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees and a few power lines were downed around the Eclectic and Tallassee areas, one of which fell on a large storage container near Kent. A roof was blown off a building on Sistrunk St in Tallassee as well. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | A few trees were uprooted across both Friendship Rd and Tallassee Highway. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in Tallassee. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Multiple trees uprooted uprooted in the city of Tallassee. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in Tallassee. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Tallassee | - | Golf Ball size hail reported along State Route 14. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees uprooted in the city of Tallassee. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Tallassee. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Tallassee. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Tallassee | - | Large hail reported in the city of Tallassee. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the city of Tallassee. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Trees were reported down in and around the community of Friendship. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | A few trees were uprooted in and around Tallasee. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Trees were reported down in the Friendship community. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Tallassee | - | Hail up to the size of quarters fell in Tallassee, completely covering the ground in places. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Tallassee | - | Reported in the Friendship Community. |
| January 2000 | Hail | Tallassee | - | Penny size hail was reported in Tallassee. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tallassee | - | Trees were reported down by thunderstorm wind near Tallassee. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Tallassee | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Tallassee | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Tallassee Mills | 0.2 miles | 2010 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000072 in Record Group 79. |
| Elmore 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.