Echols County, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover 10 settlements here, and 2 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

2 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States

Echols County within Georgia

What the record shows

61 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
2 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 1 district and 1 building.
The Geographic Names Information System records 10 populated places in this county; 10 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

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	Property	Type	Listed	Reference
	Corbett Farm	district	2000	00001455
	Statenville Consolidated School	building	1988	88000606

The county from the air

26 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 1,106 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 26 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, 1950-11-22, scale 1:59000 — 1950-11-22, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-02-27, scale 1:28400 — 1952-02-27, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-23, scale 1:14400 — 1954-02-23, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-07, scale 1:24000 — 1963-03-07, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-08, scale 1:20500 — 1967-03-08, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-04, scale 1:20500 — 1970-01-04, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000 — 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-27, scale 1:80000 — 1977-11-27, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

2 stations, 2 gages

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.

STATENVILLE 6 NE 2000, hottest 38.9 C, coldest -7.2 C
NEEDMORE 2 W 2001 to 2003, hottest 41.1 C, coldest -8.9 C

ALAPAHA RIVER AT STATENVILLE, GA 1921 to 2026
ALAPAHA RIVER AT MAYDAY, GA 1928 to 1931

The 1950 census, district by district

6 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.

50-1Militia District 719, Tarver
50-2Militia District 904, Howell: Howell town
50-3Militia District 904, Howell - That part outside Howell town
50-4Militia District 1058, Statenville
50-5Militia District 1211, Wrights Chapel
50-6Militia District 1306, Mayday

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

919 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 919 of them, burning about 4,745 acres. 161 started naturally and 261 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	289
Arson/incendiarism	261
Natural	161
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	82
Equipment and vehicle use	73
Smoking	19
Recreation and ceremony	15
Misuse of fire by a minor	11
Railroad operations and maintenance	8

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
10 July 2016	Natural	478 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-ECHOLS-001
1 May 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	278 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 May 1996	Debris and open burning	271 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 July 2004	Natural	213 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
1 October 2006	Debris and open burning	139 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	133 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
22 February 2015	Debris and open burning	121 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2015-ECHOLS-011
25 May 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	91 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

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

Storms, 1960 to 2026

60 of 102 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 102 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $590,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	76
Hail	12
Tornado	5
Heavy Rain	5
Flash Flood	2
Flood	2

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

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
March 1993	Tornado (F1)	Statenville	$500,000	The tornado destroyed a large building near the Forestry Department on the north side of Statesville on U.S. Highway 129. A church and about 50 homes and trailers were also damaged from the tornado.
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$15,000	A roof was blown off a home. Large trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$12,000	EM reports about a dozen trees down across the area. Time estimated from radar.
November 2002	Tornado (F0)	Needmore	$10,000	Trees blown down along highway 94 between Needmore and Fargo. Discontinuous 200 Yard wide debris field reported.
March 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Mayday	$5,000	Large trees down on power lines.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$5,000	Two large trees, several small trees and a few power lines were blown down along U.S. Highway 129.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Needmore	$3,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Needmore	$3,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Haylow	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
February 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
January 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$2,500	Large trees were blown down.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$2,500	Large trees were blown down.
October 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Needmore	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
November 1999	Tornado (F0)	Tarver	$2,500	Tornado was weak, with most of the damage at tree top level. Tornado developed in Hamilton County, Florida.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Needmore	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
December 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Needmore	$2,000	Several large Oak trees down in NWS Co-op Observer's yard.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide	$2,000	Large trees and power lines down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Haylow	$2,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
October 1997	Tornado (F0)	Tarver	$2,000	Tornado skipped along and just North of SR-94. Large trees and tops of trees were destroyed.
October 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Needmore	$2,000	Large oak trees were uprooted across Bethal Church Road.
February 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$1,500	Large tress and power lines were blown down.
March 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$1,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$1,000	A tree was blown down onto U.S. Highway 441 which blocked the southbound lane just north of the Florida Georgia state line. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$600	Large trees were blown down and blocked SR-135 and 129.
April 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$500	A few large trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds along U.S. Highway 129.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$200	Two large tree limbs were blown down along Highway 41 near the Lowdes and Echols county line. The cost of damage unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data inclusion.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	$100	A large tree was blown down down and blocked Son Clayton Rd in \| Echols County Georgia. The time of damage was estimated with \| radar. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimate for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Needmore	$100	Large limbs down.
June 2025	Heavy Rain	Statenville	-	Heavy rainfall of 2.47 inches fell from 5:45 pm through \| 7:00 pm.
April 2024	Heavy Rain	Statenville	-	A mesonet station in Statenville measured a 12 hour rainfall of 7.21 inches.
February 2023	Flood	Statenville	-	Echols county dispatch reported that U.S. Highway 41 was still closed due to flooding over the roadway. It was closed for at least 24 hrs due to flood water.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Howell	-	Two trees were blown down along Highway 135N between mile markers 12 and 13 near Valentine Road. The time of damage was based on radar.
December 2023	Heavy Rain	Statenville	-	A mesonet station near Statenville measured 2.69 inches of storm total rain.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Mayday	-	A tree was blown down.
March 2022	Tornado (EF0)	Statenville	-	At 1:53 PM EST, an EF0 tornado passed through an area of homes near the intersection of HWY 135 south and Jean circle in Echols county. Damage was reported from multiple sources from the Echols county sheriff department and emergency manager as well as the NWS Jacksonville storm survey. Between Walt road and Jean circle, multiple metal roofs were damaged, uplifted and blown away from sheds, a metal building system, and a couple of single wide mobile homes. Power lines were down along Walt road caused by metal roofing from a shed being blown into the primary lines. A street sign was also pulled from the ground near Jean circle. Multiple hardwood trees along the half mile path had large tree branches broken off.
April 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	-	Widespread trees damage was reported county wide. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2021	Hail	Statenville	-	Tennis ball size hail damaged vehicles. It broke windows and dented tops of cars about 2 miles east of Statenville along Highway 94.
April 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Dayton	-	Trees were blown down along US Highway 441 northbound which blocked the road near Mile Marker 4 in Echols county. The time of the damage was based on radar.
February 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Tarver	-	Trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
December 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Howell	-	A tree was blown down across the road near the intersection of Highway 135 north and Howell Road.
March 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Mayday	-	A tree was blown down across Highway 129 near mile marker 13. The time of the event was based on radar.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	-	Numerous trees were blown down near Statenville. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Mayday	-	Power lines were blown down via the REA crew. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	-	A tree was blown down onto a power line near the intersection of US Highway 129 and GA State Road 94.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Mayday	-	Many trees were blown down near Howell and Mayday. Minor damage occurred to a few building. The time of damage was based on radar.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	-	Two trees were blown down onto power lines at mile marker 4 on Highway 129.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Howell	-	Two trees were blown down south of Howell across the road.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Howell	-	Howell Road had a tree down.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	-	Wind damage occurred to an awning at the law enforcement complex in Statenville. Several trees were also blown down within the Statenville area.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Mayday	-	Numerous trees were blown down.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Tarver	-	Numerous large trees were blown down.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	-	A large tree limb was snapped and fell onto Cypress Lane. The time of damage was based on radar.
March 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Pineland	-	Trees were blown down in Echols county.
February 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	-	Trees were blown down in the western tier of the county.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Haylow	-	Scattered trees were blown down. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	-	Four trees were blown down along Sardis Church Road. The time of the event was based on radar imagery.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	-	Trees were blown down at the intersection of J. Frank Culpepper Road and Bethal Church Road. The time of damage was based on radar imagery.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Statenville	-	A barn roof was damaged due to thunderstorm winds.

Mines and quarries

2 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. None of them still produces: all are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction	1
Phosphorus-Phosphates	1
Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Statenville Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium	Prospect	1890
	Unnamed Sand Deposits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Alluvium

Every populated place in the county

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.

Alexis

East Echols census division · Tarver quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Bamburg

East Echols census division · Haylow quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Fruitland

East Echols census division · 31630 · On Bear Branch · Thelma quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Haylow

East Echols census division · 31630 · Haylow quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Howell

West Echols census division · 31636 · Howell quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Mayday

East Echols census division · 31636 · On Pindar Creek · Howell quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Needmore

East Echols census division · 31631 · On Wolf Bay Drain · Needmore quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Pineland

East Echols census division · 31631 · Pineland quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Potter

East Echols census division · Near Whiskey Island · Tarver quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1980
Tarver

East Echols census division · Tarver quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1980

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.