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Appling County, Georgia

18 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

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From the record

5 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States
Appling County within Georgia

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Baxley, between 1930 and 1944.
  • 2 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 201 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 5 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 5 buildings.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 26 populated places in this county; 26 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

5

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Appling County Courthousebuilding198080000965
Bank of Surrencybuilding200302001742
Citizens Banking Companybuilding198585000932
C. W. Deen Housebuilding198282002381
United States Post Office-Baxley, Georgiabuilding200000000755

Photographs from libraries nationwide

1 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 1 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Mimosa, the home of good foods, 311 South Main -- U.S. No. 1, Baxley Georgia, Boston Public Library - undated
Mimosa, the home of good foods, 311 South Main -- U.S. No. 1, Baxley Georgia. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

24 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,953 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 24 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-03-11, scale 1:20000
1949-03-11, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-03-11, scale 1:20000
1949-03-11, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-03-11, scale 1:20000
1949-03-11, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-03-11, scale 1:20000
1949-03-11, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000
1950-10-12, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000
1950-10-12, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000
1950-10-12, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000
1950-10-12, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000
1951-01-16, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000
1951-01-16, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000
1951-01-16, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000
1951-01-16, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-17, scale 1:40000
1968-04-17, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-17, scale 1:40000
1968-04-17, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-17, scale 1:40000
1968-04-17, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-17, scale 1:40000
1968-04-17, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-25, scale 1:15000
1969-02-25, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-25, scale 1:15000
1969-02-25, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-25, scale 1:15000
1969-02-25, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-25, scale 1:15000
1969-02-25, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-02-20, scale 1:46000
1970-02-20, scale 1:46000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-02-20, scale 1:46000
1970-02-20, scale 1:46000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-02-20, scale 1:46000
1970-02-20, scale 1:46000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-02-20, scale 1:46000
1970-02-20, scale 1:46000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

10 stations, 1 gage

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

19 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 1-1Militia District 443, Tillman
  • 1-2Militia District 456, Graham: Graham town
  • 1-3Militia District 456, Graham - That part outside Graham town
  • 1-4Militia District 457, Baxley: Baxley city: Baxley city - That part Bounded by City limits; Southern Railroad; N. Main
  • 1-5Baxley city - That part Bounded by City limits; N. Main; Southern Railroad; Brobston
  • 1-6Baxley city - That part Bounded by Brobston; Southern Railroad; City limits
  • 1-7Baxley city - That part Bounded by Southern Railroad; S. Main, U.S. Hwy. 1; City limits
  • 1-8Baxley city - That part Bounded by Southern Railroad; City limits; U.S. Hwy. 1, S. Main
  • 1-9Militia District 457, Baxley - That part northeast of Southern Railway, outside Baxley city
  • 1-10Militia District 457, Baxley - That part southwest of Southern Railway, outside Baxley city
  • 1-11Militia District 583, Thornton
  • 1-12Militia District 1239, Surrency: Surrency town
  • 1-13Militia District 1239, Surrency - That part outside Surrency town
  • 1-14Militia District 1394, Melton - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 1
  • 1-15Militia District 1394, Melton - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 1
  • 1-16Militia District 1563, Deens
  • 1-17Militia District 1723, Williams
  • 1-18Militia District 1726, Johnson
  • 1-19Militia District 1754, Wilson

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

2,016 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 2,016 of them, burning about 8,322 acres. 164 started naturally and 154 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning1235
Natural164
Misuse of fire by a minor154
Arson/incendiarism154
Smoking110
Missing data/not specified/undetermined88
Recreation and ceremony56
Equipment and vehicle use52
Railroad operations and maintenance3

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Three of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 April 1999Arson/incendiarism1,022 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 April 1999Arson/incendiarism456 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 June 2011Natural200 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-APPLING-194
25 August 1993Debris and open burning117 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 May 1999Arson/incendiarism112 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 March 2004Debris and open burning110 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burning102 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-APPLING-023
28 July 1998Natural100 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1954 to 2025

60 of 286 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 286 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 23 injuries and about $1,491,400 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind183
Hail50
Heavy Rain18
Tornado17
Flood7
Flash Flood6
Lightning2
Funnel Cloud2
Winter Storm1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBaxley5 hurt, $50,000Thunderstorm winds overturned a trailer and seriously injured five people along Georgia Highway 15. Numerous trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBaxley5 hurtThunderstorm winds blew unsecured camper top into the window of a resturant. Window was broken injuring patrons.
March 1986Tornado (F1)not stated4 hurt, $250,000no account filed
November 2002Tornado (F0)Baxley2 hurt, $200,000Along Ben Carter Road in Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park. Three mobile homes destroyed and four damaged. Two wood frame residential structures damaged. Pine trees snapped off and twisted. Numerous power lines down.
December 2009Tornado (EF2)Surrency2 hurtThe tornado first touched down at approximately 1415EST in northwest Pierce County near Merson Road and Crump Road. It crossed the Big Satilla Creek, entering into Appling County at this point, and continued on a northeast track. The funnel may have briefly lifted off the ground at this point. The next significant damage occurred along Metts-Overstreet Road with the complete destruction of a singlewide mobile home and a farm shed at approximately 1425EST. Additionally, at this location, a brick cider block structure had one wall knocked over. The tornado then moved into a dairy just west of the intersection of State Road 15 and Wireglass Road. The event was rated as an EF-2 with winds of 135 mph at this location. Three metal building structures were destroyed with one removed from its foundation and blown into a pile of scrap metal. It is possible the funnel may have approached EF-3 at this particular location with winds of 140 to 150 mph; however, other damage to frame and masonry structures at the dairy suggested a lower wind value should be assigned to this area. One individual escaped injury by jumping into a depressed area inside one of the structures before it blew down around her. East of State Road 15, along Wireglass Road, extensive tree blow down and snapping continued in a tree farm. Once again the funnel likely lifted off the ground touching down again at 1430EST near 4230 Antioch Church Road destroying a doublewide mobile home. At this location, two middle aged individuals were in the bedroom, preparing for work, when the funnel destroyed the mobile home. Both escaped with only minor cuts despite the fact that the doublewide was completely obliterated and the frames bent. Once again at this location the winds were rated at 135 mph for a strong EF-2 rating.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindBaxley1 hurt, $65,000Mobile homes were blown off their foundations and siding was ripped from the sides of industrial buildings. Twelve mobile homes were damaged, and one with major damage, because a tree fell on it. One vehicle was damaged. Large trees and power lines were blown down. The damaged was associated with the remnants of Hurricane Georges.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindBaxley1 hurt, $55,000Three mobile homes destroyed.
February 2003Tornado (F0)Baxley1 hurt, $50,000One mobile home flipped over with a minor injury. EMA reports twisted tops of pine trees in nearby woods.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindCountywide1 hurt, $50,000Numerous large trees down in town of Baxley. Mobile home on State Road 15 4 miles south of Baxley flipped with one injured. Edsel Lewis road, 6 miles south of Baxley, closed due to tree damage.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBaxley Muni Arpt1 hurtTwo trees were blown down on Wilson Crapps Road and Ernest Kesler Road. One tree struck a female and she was sent to the ER with minor injuries.
April 1984Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 1997Tornado (F0)Baxley$100,000Fifteen homes were damaged and several vehicles.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindBaxley$60,000Estimated 40 to 50 mph winds rolled an empty mobile home over destroying it. Unknown is home had tie downs.
August 2002LightningGraham$40,000Portion of City Hall roof blown off cause unknown suspected to have been lightning.
July 1987Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 1972Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1955Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindBaxley Muni Arpt$20,000Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tress along Orvin Road and County Farm Road. The roof was blown off of a double wide mobile home which caused major damage to the structure. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBaxley$15,000Trees blown down. One home damaged.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBaxley$15,000Animal Shelter damaged. Large trees were blown down.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindBaxley$10,000A tree was blown down onto a mobile home at Davis Landing along the Altamaha River in Appling County. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
September 1998Flash FloodCountywide$10,000Rainfall amounts of 5 to 7 inches from the remnants of Hurricane Georges caused the closing of numerous street and roads.
March 1998Flash FloodCountywide$10,000Numerous roads and streets were closed.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindBaxley$6,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBaxley Muni Arpt$5,000Damage to outhouses, trees and a portion of a house with aluminum siding was damaged. Outdoor sheds were rolled over and some aluminum roofing was peeled off. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for including in Storm Data.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBaxley Muni Arpt$5,000A gustnado impacted Tomilson Street in Homerville where a shower and outflow boundary converged. The time of damage was based on radar. Homerville airport and the EMA office measured wind gusts of 20-25 mph when the outflow boundary moved through. Several residences along the street had tree damage, including one tree that fell down on an unoccupied home. The strength of winds was estimated. The cost of property damage was unknown but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSurrency$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down throughout the eastern part of the county. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in StormData.
August 2013FloodBaxley$5,000Numerous secondary county roads remained covered by flood waters from recent heavy rainfall. Appling county schools were closed on Tuesday, 8/20, due to flood waters. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated such that this flood event could be included in StormData. The estimate is likely grossly underestimated.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBaxley$5,000Large trees and power lines down across city.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindSurrency$5,0003 chicken houses damaged by winds. Large trees down. Widespread power outage.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindBaxley$5,000Small trees down on power lines resulting in power outages lasting several hours. Debris blown into automobiles damaging some.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindPine Grove$5,000Several large trees down across highway 341.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBaxley$5,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBaxley$5,000Several large trees were downed on the north side of Baxley from thunderstorm winds.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBaxley$5,000Ten to fifteen homes received minor wind damage from thunder- storm winds in Baxley. Most damage of the damage was confined to missing shingles and shattered storm windows. A few small trees and several large limbs were also downed by the thunder- storm winds.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindBaxley$4,500Large trees and power lines were blown down. Some minor home damage.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBaxley$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBaxley$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindBaxley$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindBaxley$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindSurrency$3,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindBaxley$3,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBaxley$3,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindPine Grove$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down. Some minor roof damage.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindBaxley$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBaxley$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindSurrency$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down. Two moble homes were damaged.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindSurrency$2,500no account filed
April 1968Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500no account filed
April 1961Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500no account filed
August 1954Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindElliot$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Jekyll Road and Poor Robin Road. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSurrency$2,000Several trees were blown down with a few small shelters damaged. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated so the event could be included in Storm Data.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindPrentiss$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Plant Hatch. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated so the event could be reported in Storm Data. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSurrency$2,000Several trees were blown down in the southern portion of the county including at Jeffery Turner Road, Homesville Road and Highlands Road. The Baxley weather observation only had a gust to 30 mph as the storm moved across the site. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the data to be included in Storm Data.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSurrency$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down across SE Appling county near the Intersection of Georgia Highway 15 as far south as Georgia 203. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data.
April 2015FloodBaxley$2,000Areas of Appling county NE of Baxley were closed due to heavy flooding rainfall. Highway 144 NE of Baxley was impassable due to flood waters. Georgia Route 144 at Ellis Road had about 1 mile of water covering the road. The cost of property damaged was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. This values is likely an under estimate.
August 2013FloodBaxley$2,000Appling county had several roads flooded and closed due to days of bands of heavy rainfall. The cost of road damage was unknown and estimated.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindBaxley$2,000Trees were blown down along State Road 15 and U.S. Highway 1 near Baxley. The time of the event was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion in Storm Data and could be inaccurate.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindBaxley Muni Arpt$2,000A tree was blown down on a home near Bud Miles Road and J.R. Harper Road. The time of damage was based on radar, and the cost of damage was estimated for inclusion in StormData. The cost of damage is likely inaccurate.

Every populated place in the county

26

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Appling County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Baxley, Georgia

8 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1930 to 1944

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.