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Macon County, Georgia

24 topographic sheets and 12 fire insurance atlases across 2 places.

Research this county

From the record

17 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States
Macon County within Georgia

What the record shows

  • 2 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Montezuma, Marshallville, between 1885 and 1938.
  • 12 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 162 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 17 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 11 buildings and 6 districts.
  • 2 of the 17 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 20 populated places in this county; 20 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

22 photographs, 1937 to 1940

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Landless family. Macon County, Georgia
Landless family. Macon County, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Landless family of cotton sharecroppers, Macon County, Georgia. For their labor they receive half the crop they produce, and the equivalent of ten dollars a month "furnish" (credit) from the landlord. Their vegetable garden failed this year for lack of rain
Landless family of cotton sharecroppers, Macon County, Georgia. For their labor they receive half the crop they produce, and the equivalent of ten dollars a month "furnish" (credit) from the landlord. Their vegetable garden failed this year for lack of rain
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Row of tenant houses on plantation near Montezuma, Georgia
Row of tenant houses on plantation near Montezuma, Georgia
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1939. Library of Congress
Plantation owner's home. Marshallville, Georgia
Plantation owner's home. Marshallville, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Negro wage laborer and part of his family. He is coming home from the commissary with a week's rations. Macon County, Georgia
Negro wage laborer and part of his family. He is coming home from the commissary with a week's rations. Macon County, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia
Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Sharecropper's child whose father receives five dollars a month "furnish" from the landowners. Macon County, Georgia
Sharecropper's child whose father receives five dollars a month "furnish" from the landowners. Macon County, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Cotton sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia
Cotton sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Father of landless sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia
Father of landless sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Sharecropper. Receives five dollars a month "furnish" from the landowner. Macon County, Georgia
Sharecropper. Receives five dollars a month "furnish" from the landowner. Macon County, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Plantation owner's home. Marshallville, Georgia
Plantation owner's home. Marshallville, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Cotton sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia
Cotton sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
House in which cotton farmer has lived for fifty years. Macon County, Georgia
House in which cotton farmer has lived for fifty years. Macon County, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Cotton field and plantation house. Macon County, Georgia
Cotton field and plantation house. Macon County, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia
Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Macon county, Ga. Jan. 1940. Plowing cotton field for spring planting
Macon county, Ga. Jan. 1940. Plowing cotton field for spring planting
Photographer not recorded, 1940. Library of Congress
Frederick-Wade House, Marshallville, Macon County, GA
Frederick-Wade House, Marshallville, Macon County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Stage Coach Inn, Marshallville, Macon County, GA
Stage Coach Inn, Marshallville, Macon County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Billy Felton Place, Marshallville, Macon County, GA
Billy Felton Place, Marshallville, Macon County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Rumph House, Marshallville, Macon County, GA
Rumph House, Marshallville, Macon County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
McCaskill-Rumph House, Marshallville, Macon County, GA
McCaskill-Rumph House, Marshallville, Macon County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Slappey House, Marshallville, Macon County, GA
Slappey House, Marshallville, Macon County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

17

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
Alma Fruit Farmbuilding198080004446
Andersonville National Historic Sitedistrict197070000070
Andersonville National Historic Sitedistrict197070000070
Billy Placebuilding198080004444
DeVaughn-Lewis Housebuilding198585000937
East Main Street Residential Districtdistrict198080004454
William Hamilton Felton Housebuilding198080004447
Wilkes Knob Plantationbuilding198080004451
Lamson-Richardson Schoolbuilding198181000697
Macon County Courthousebuilding198080001113
Marshallville Commercial Districtdistrict198080004452
Massee Lanebuilding198080004450
Montezuma Depotbuilding198080001112
Montezuma Historic Districtdistrict200303001017
Thronateeskabuilding198080004445
West Main Street Residential Districtdistrict198080004453
Willow Lakebuilding198080004449

The county from the air

25 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 612 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 25 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, 1951-01-25, scale 1:57000
1951-01-25, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-25, scale 1:57000
1951-01-25, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-25, scale 1:57000
1951-01-25, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-25, scale 1:57000
1951-01-25, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-12, scale 1:19000
1968-02-12, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-12, scale 1:19000
1968-02-12, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-12, scale 1:19000
1968-02-12, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-12, scale 1:19000
1968-02-12, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-03-29, scale 1:23330
1969-03-29, scale 1:23330. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-02-22, scale 1:20500
1970-02-22, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-02-22, scale 1:20500
1970-02-22, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-02-22, scale 1:20500
1970-02-22, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-02-22, scale 1:20500
1970-02-22, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-01, scale 1:19000
1971-02-01, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-01, scale 1:19000
1971-02-01, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-01, scale 1:19000
1971-02-01, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-01, scale 1:19000
1971-02-01, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-03-07, scale 1:19000
1972-03-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-03-07, scale 1:19000
1972-03-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-03-07, scale 1:19000
1972-03-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-03-07, scale 1:19000
1972-03-07, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-01, scale 1:19000
1973-03-01, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-01, scale 1:19000
1973-03-01, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-01, scale 1:19000
1973-03-01, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-01, scale 1:19000
1973-03-01, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

4 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.

The 1950 census, district by district

20 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.

  • 96-1BMarshallville town - That part east of Central of Georgia Railway
  • 96-1AMarshallville town - That part west of Central of Georgia Railway
  • 96-2Militia District 543, Marshallville - That part east of Central of Georgia Railway outside Marshallville town
  • 96-3Militia District 543, Marshallville - That part west of Central of Georgia Railway, outside Marshallville town
  • 96-4Militia District 740
  • 96-5Militia District 757: Ideal town
  • 96-6Militia District 757 - That part northeast of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad, outside Ideal town
  • 96-7Militia District 757 - That part southwest of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad, outside Ideal town
  • 96-8Militia District 770, Montezuma: Montezuma city: Montezuma city - That part north of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad and east of N. Dooley
  • 96-9Montezuma city - That part north of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad and west of N. Dooley
  • 96-10Montezuma city - That part south of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad
  • 96-11Militia District 770, Montezuma - That part Bounded by District line; County line; State Hwy. 26; County Rd. 188
  • 96-12Militia District 770, Montezuma - That part Bounded by District line; County Rd. 188; State Hwy. 26; County Rd. 3, County Rd. 10
  • 96-13Militia District 770, Montezuma - That part outside Montezuma city Bounded by District line; County Rd. 10, County Rd. 3; State Rd. 26, Montezuma City limits; District line
  • 96-14Militia District 770, Montezuma - That part outside Montezuma city Bounded by Montezuma city limits, State Hwy. 26; County line; County line; District line
  • 96-15Militia District 814
  • 96-16Militia District 1002, including That part in Land Lots 242, 243, 244, 245 and 246 in Land District 1
  • 96-17Militia District 1070, Oglethorpe: Oglethorpe city: Oglethorpe city - That part east of State Hwy. 90, Sumter and State Hwy. 26
  • 96-18Militia District 1070, Oglethorpe: Oglethorpe city - That part west of State Hwy. 26, Sumter and State Hwy. 90
  • 96-19Militia District 1070, Oglethorpe - That part outside Oglethorpe city

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

824 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 824 of them, burning about 3,663 acres. 34 started naturally and 63 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning461
Equipment and vehicle use115
Arson/incendiarism63
Railroad operations and maintenance40
Smoking37
Natural34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony24
Misuse of fire by a minor21

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 1999Smoking126 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2019Debris and open burning116 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MACON002
12 March 2009Debris and open burning116 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined114 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionGENE WILBURN RD
17 March 2004Arson/incendiarism99 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 May 2011Railroad operations and maintenance91 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MACON-045
17 April 2017Debris and open burning90 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-MACON-031
29 September 2019Natural84 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MACON008

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

Storms, 1953 to 2026

60 of 143 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 143 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 16 injuries and about $4,602,150 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind100
Hail21
Tornado13
Flash Flood5
Lightning2
Heavy Rain1
Flood1

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
April 1971Tornado (F2)not stated1 killed, 10 hurt, $25,000no account filed
April 1957Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
March 2026Tornado (EF2)Marshallville2 hurtThe tornado first touched down west of Bryant Hill Road and moved|through a large pecan orchard snapping and uprooting numerous|trees. The tornado moved across Bryant Hill Road and very rapidly reached max intensity as it approached Sleepy Hollow Road. JGX radar data also confirms the presence of very strong velocities in the area near Sleepy Hollow Road as well. The|tornado struck a mobile home community on the west side of Sleepy Hollow Road destroying 4 mobile homes, overturning a home and damaging several others. One of the residents of a home was thrown approximately 40 feet from one of the destroyed homes. In another home, there were 2 injuries as a result of the home being|flipped over and destroyed. The overturned mobile home remained intact, however the anchors which were concreted into the ground were pulled out of the ground and hanging from the frame. Numerous trees nearby the community and across the street were snapped. The combination of the damage to the mobile homes and the scope of the tree damage nearby are consistent with high end EF1 to low end EF2 and the basis of the low end EF2 rating for this storm. The tornado continued east toward Hwy 49 snapping and uprooting trees. Two large silos had their tops ripped off with bricks and debris strewn all around the area near the silos. The tornado crossed Hwy 49 snapping and uprooting trees in a pecan orchard and flipping 3 sections of a center pivot. As|the storm continued east, a weakening trend was noted both on radar and the corresponding damage on the ground with mostly sporadic tree damage across Vegetable Road, County Rd 123 and County road 116. The tornado lifted north of Juice plant road just east of County Road 116.
April 1953Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
February 1990Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
March 1980Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
January 2012Tornado (EF1)Oglethorpe$300,000A National Weather Service assessment team determined that an EF-1 tornado occurred in southeast Macon County. The tornado initially touched down as EF-0 with winds around 75 MPH along Highway 128 just north of Oglethorpe. The tornado then strengthened to an EF-1 with maximum winds near 110 MPH along Highway 49 near Four Points where a house was destroyed and numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado continued east-southeast, causing significant damage along Mennonite School Road just north of Highway 26 where two large chicken houses were completely destroyed and another was significantly damaged. The tornado lifted as an EF-0 near Five Points along Highway 26. Overall, an estimated 25 trees were downed or snapped, approximately five houses received roof damage, one house lost its porch and another house was completely destroyed. Three large chicken houses were damaged or destroyed and one barn roof was lifted off.||[01/21/12: Tornado #2, County #1-1, EF1, Macon, 2012:002].
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMarshallville$275,000A deputy with the Macon County Sheriff's Office reported that from 50 to 75 trees were down and hundreds more tree limbs in and around Marshallville. Dozens of power lines were also down in the area. At least 10 homes sustained damage from downed trees.
January 1963Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
March 2005Flash FloodCountywide$150,000The Citizen and Georgian of Montezuma reported that several roads were flooded, washed out, and closed.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindCutoff$50,000The Schley County Regional 911 Center reported that a tree had fallen on a home on Georgia Highway 224 near Four Points. The house sustained moderate damage as a result. Another tree was down on Georgia Highway 49 North in Montezuma, and a third tree was down on North Adams Street in the northeast part of Montezuma. The later downed tree also brought down a power line.
March 2005Flash FloodSouth Portion$50,000The Macon County Emergency Management Director and the Citizen and Georgian Newspaper of Montezuma reported two earthen dam failures in the eastern portion of the county. One was the Forbes Lake dam, a 40 acre lake just south of Georgia Highway 127 between Marshallville and the Houston County line. A second dam failure was reported just west of Oglethorpe near Georgia Highway 49. There was also a report of a dam failure on Savage Creek, which was built for the Hickory Spring subdivision. The dam breakages caused damage to some roads in the area.
March 2019Tornado (EF0)Marshallville$45,000A National Weather Service survey found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 mph and a maximum path width of 300 yards touched down east of Marshallville along Juice Plant Road. A few trees were snapped along Juice Plant Road as the storm moved east northeast south of the roadway. A few trees were downed along Finch Lane where one tree fell across the corner of a home and several other trees were snapped in the tree line behind the home. The tornado crossed Camp John Hope Road downing several more trees before crossing Big Indian Creek into Southern Peach County. No injuries were reported. [03/03/19: Tornado #12, County #1/2, EF0, Macon, 2019:017].
January 2017Tornado (EF1)Barrons Lane$30,000A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 95 MPH and a maximum path width of 100 yards began southwest of Marshallville near Highway 49 in Macon County and travelled east-northeast for around 9 miles crossing Felton Road, BP Turner Road, Marshallville Road and Harbuck Road before ending along Camp John Hope Road just west of the Peach County line. Mostly tree damage was noted with this tornado, however minor roof damage occurred to a few homes and three large irrigation systems were overturned south of Marshallville. [01/21/17: Tornado #10, County #1/1, EF1, Macon, 2017:011].
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMontezuma$30,000Public and newspaper reports indicated thunderstorms winds tore the roofs off a calf barn and a dairy barn.
November 1997Thunderstorm WindOglethorpe$30,000Twenty-five to thiirty pecan trees were blown down southwest of Oglethorpe near the Schley county line. A mobile home in the same area along highway 26 was damaged as it was lifted and returned to its foundation, crushing the cinder block footings. The home's tie downs were tightly in place and they showed 6 inches of stretch after the storm had passed. An out-building on a farm east of Montezuma sustained wind damage.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindMontezuma$25,000The Citizen and Georgian of Montezuma reported that a large tree was blown down onto a home on Green Street during a strong thunderstorm. The tree left a whole in the house about the size of a watermelon. Considerable damage was noted to the roof, the attic, and the laundry room as a result.
June 2007LightningGarden Vly$25,000The Macon County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning set a structure on fire. Some tree limbs were also down in the area and a couple of power lines were down, most likely also the result of lightning.
January 1974Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSaint Lewis$20,000Broadcast media reported 15-20 trees down to the east of Marshallville on Hwy 127 near Earl Crook Rd.
January 1997Thunderstorm WindMontezuma$20,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindOglethorpe$18,000The Macon County 911 center reported several trees down between Oglethorpe and Montezuma. In Oglethorpe, a tree was blown down around the intersection of Clifton Bradley Drive and Anna Drive. In Montezuma, a tree fell onto and damaged a home and a car under the carport. No injuries were reported.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindIdeal$10,000Emergency manager reports numerous trees downed in an around the town of Ideal.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindFields$10,000The Macon County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down along Field Crossing Road between Loop Road and Croxton Road. Some tin siding was pulled off of a chicken house in the area.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindMontezuma Muni Arpt$10,000A trained spotter/amateur radio operator reported damage to the roof of a home near the intersection of Spaulding Road and Old Shiloh Church Road in Montezuma. A metal roof installed over a shingle roof was torn off the backside of the home.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindFive Points$10,000Trees down along GA Hwy 329 near the Dooly county line. Time estimated from radar.
February 2019Tornado (EF0)Ideal$10,000A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 75 mph and a maximum path width of 200 yards occurred in western Macon County. The tornado touched down on the southwest side of the town of Ideal on Brooks Road travelling east along the road snapping or uprooting several trees along the road before lifting around Tom Watson Avenue. A small shed had most if its tin walls and roof removed and tossed nearly 200 yards away. No injuries were reported. [02/12/19: Tornado #4, County #1/1, EF-0, Macon, 2019:004].
April 2013Thunderstorm WindOglethorpe$10,000The broadcast media relayed a report of four trees down in Oglethorpe. One tree fell on a car.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGarden Vly$10,000The Middle Flint Regional E911 Center reported that structural damage occurred to a chicken house off of Garden Valley Road, and there was some roof damage to a mobile home in Ideal. A few trees and some power lines were blown down and snapped off Plantation Road, and a few large trees were blown down blocking roads and causing power outages in Ideal.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindOglethorpe$10,000Numerous trees were blown down beginning near Georgia Highway 26 in Oglethorpe, and continuing to the Houston county line. The windows were also blown out of the Huddle House restaurant in Montezuma.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindOglethorpe$8,000An amateur radio operator reported trees and power lines blown down on North Randolph Street.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindIdeal$8,000The Macon County 911 center reported multiple trees blown down across the county from around Ideal along Highway 90 north of town and Highway 240 south of town to north of Oglethorpe along Highway 128.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMontezuma$7,000The Macon county 911 center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down in Montezuma and the National Weather Cooperative observer in Marshallville reported that several power lines were down there.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindFields$6,000The Macon County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down from around Drayton Road to around the intersection of Highway 90 and Cedar Valley Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBartlett$6,000The Macon County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees blown down across the county including on Jake Smith Road, at the intersection of Highways 127 and 128, and on Bryant Hill Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSaint Lewis$5,000The Macon County Emergency Manager reported a tree down on power lines near the 1400 block of Willow Lake Road.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindOglethorpe$5,000The Citizen and Georgian of Montezuma reported that the roof over the gas pumps at Wright's Grocery in Oglethorpe was blown off. Residents in the area claimed that it was a tornado, but there was no supporting evidence of such in the radar data.
February 2009LightningMontezuma$5,000The Schley County Regional 911 Center reported that lightning struck an outbuilding. The structure was completely destroyed from the resulting fire.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCountywide$5,000The Macon county Sheriff's Office reported that a number of trees were blown down across the county.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindMontezuma$5,000The Macon county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down along Georgia Highway 26 East in Montezuma and also near Tom Adams Road in Montezuma. Two power lines were also blown down along Georgia Highway 49 about halfway between Montezuma and Marshallville.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMontezuma$5,000The Macon county Sheriff reported trees and power lines down.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindIdeal$5,000Reports from the Macon county sheriff's office and newspaper accounts indicated trees were downed in the west part of Macon county. A car was reported damaged by a falling tree.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindMontezuma$4,500no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMarshallville$4,000The Macon County Emergency Manager reported several small trees blown down near the intersection of Sleepy Hollow Road and Camellia Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBartlett$4,000An amateur radio operator reported trees blown down northwest and west of Oglethorpe, including around the intersection of Highway 90 and Loblolly Road.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindOglethorpe$4,000The Macon County Emergency Manager reported a few trees blown down north of Oglethorpe near Highway 128.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindBartlett$3,000The Macon County Emergency Manager reported a few trees blown down from Whitewater Creek State Park to Oglethorpe.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindOglethorpe$3,000The Macon County 911 center reported trees blown down on West Anderson Street in Oglethorpe and at the intersection of Spaulding Road and Travelers Rest Road in Montezuma.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBarrons Lane$3,000The Macon County 911 Center reported that several trees and several power lines were blown down along Highways 49 and 224.
December 2009FloodIdeal$3,000The Macon County Emergency Management Director reported minor flooding of some roads and property across the county, mostly adjacent to overflowing creeks and streams. Monetary damage was confined to minor debris removal in these areas.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindOglethorpe$3,000The Macon County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down along Georgia Highway 26 between Oglethorpe and Montezuma.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindGarden Vly$3,000The Macon County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down in the Garden Valley area. Radar data showed a significant downburst occurred in this region.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMontezuma$3,000The Macon County 911 Center reported that several trees were down between Montezuma and Marshallville.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindOglethorpe$3,000Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down near Georgia Highway 26, and another tree on Head Road off of Georgia Road 49 near Oglethorpe.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWinchester$2,000The emergency manager reported two trees down in Marshallville.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTravelers Rest$2,000Trees down at intersection of Vienna Road and Milford Street.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindIdeal$2,000The Macon County 911 center reported multiple trees blown down just north of Ideal.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindIdeal$2,000The Macon County 911 Center reported that at least 10 trees were down across the county.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindHicks$2,000The Macon County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the northwest part of the county around Hicks.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMarshallville$2,000The Macon County 911 Center reported that several trees were down along Georgia Highways 224 and 49 and in the city of Montezuma. One tree was also down in Oglethorpe.

Mines and quarries

24 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 24 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
Aluminum19
Kaolin9
Aluminum, Kaolin2
Clay1
Ball Clay1
Fire Clay (Refractory)1

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hatton MineAluminum, Ball ClayPast Producer
Webb Pit No. M3ClayPast Producer
Wilburn Pit No 1Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Holloway PropertyAluminum, KaolinProspect
Mrs. Mary Robinson PropertyAluminum, KaolinProspect
Clark PropertyKaolin, AluminumProspect
English MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Gammage PropertyAluminum, KaolinProspect
Harin and Aycock PropertiesAluminum, KaolinProspect
Ideal MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Mcmichael MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Unnamed DepositKaolinProspect
Unnamed DepositKaolin, AluminumProspect
Unnamed DepositKaolin, AluminumProspect
Andersonville WorksAluminumPast Producer
Cavender MineAluminumPast Producer1943, 1955
E.J. Kleckley PropertyAluminumProspect
Macon County MinesAluminumPast Producer
Mullite PitAluminumOccurrenceWeathering Residual
Pierce Jones and Bank of OglethorAluminumPast Producer1943, 1954
Unnamed OutcropAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed OutcropAluminumOccurrence
Webb MinesAluminumPast Producer1943, 1969
Wilburn Mine #2AluminumOccurrenceWeathering Residual

Every populated place in the county

20

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 2 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Montezuma, Georgia

8 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1938

Marshallville, Georgia

9 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1922 to 1933

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

6 structures

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.