Marion County, Georgia

36 topographic sheets and 4 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

7 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States

Marion County within Georgia

What the record shows

1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Buena Vista, between 1904 and 1943.
4 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
196 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
7 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 6 buildings and 1 district.
The Geographic Names Information System records 19 populated places in this county; 19 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

15 photographs, 1977

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.

Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress

Eddie Owens Martin, Pasaquan, Buena Vista, Georgia; Schoolteacher event at Library of Congress Science and Technology Division
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress

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.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Alfred and Jane Ables House	building	2002	02000841
Champion-McGarrah Plantation	building	1984	84001156
Drane-Stevens House	building	1999	99000899
Marion County Courthouse	building	1980	80001115
Old Marion County Courthouse	building	1980	80001116
Pasaquan	district	2008	08000833
Shiloh-Marion Baptist Church and Cemetery	building	1984	84001159

The county from the air

16 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 320 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 16 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, 1951-02-03, scale 1:60000 — 1951-02-03, scale 1:60000. 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, 1970-02-22, scale 1:20500 — 1970-02-22, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-03-09, scale 1:19000 — 1972-03-09, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

2 stations

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

PUTNAM 1898 to 1917, hottest 41.7 C, coldest -19.4 C
BUENA VISTA 1944 to 2018, hottest 38.9 C, coldest -17.2 C

The 1950 census, district by district

12 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.

98-1Militia District 710, Kinchafoonee
98-2Militia District 807, Buena Vista; Buena Vista city: Buena Vista city - That part east of State Hwy. 41
98-3Militia District 807, Buena Vista; Buena Vista city: Buena Vista city - That part west of State Hwy. 41
98-4Militia District 807, Buena Vista - That part outside Buena Vista city
98-5Militia District 808, Tazewell
98-6Militia District 948, Brantley: Militia District 948, Brantley, excluding Fort Benning (part)
98-7Fort Benning - That part in Militia District 948, Brantley (Remainder of Fort Benning comprises part of Militia District in 1339, Pine Knot; that part of Chattahoochee County not in any militia district; parts of Militia Districts 675, Upatoie, 774, Steam Mill, 921, Bozemans, and that part of Muscogee County not in any militia district; part of Militia District 688, Box Springs, in Talbot County; and parts of Precincts 1, Phenix City, and 8, Oswichee, in Russell County, Alabama)
98-8Militia District 955, Fort Perry
98-9Militia District 1034, Draneville
98-10Militia District 1339, Pine Knot: Militia District 1339, Pine Knot, excluding Fort Benning (part)
98-11Militia District 1339, Pine Knot: Fort Benning - That part in Militia District 1339, Pine Knot (Remainder of Fort Benning comprises part of Militia District 948, Brantley; That part of Chattahoochee County not in any militia district; parts of Militia District 675, Upatoie, 774, Steam Mill, 921, Bozemans, and that part of Muscogee County not in any militia district; part of Militia District 688, Box Springs, in Talbot County; and parts of Precincts 1, Phenix City, and 8, Oswichee, in Russell County, Alabama)
98-12Militia District 1539, Doyle

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,188 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,188 of them, burning about 6,531 acres. 92 started naturally and 182 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	623
Arson/incendiarism	182
Natural	92
Equipment and vehicle use	91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	72
Smoking	70
Recreation and ceremony	26
Misuse of fire by a minor	24
Railroad operations and maintenance	8

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
22 March 2018	Debris and open burning	522 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018MARION029
10 June 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	236 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 January 2014	Debris and open burning	215 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-MARION-010
6 July 1993	Debris and open burning	141 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 March 2011	Arson/incendiarism	135 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-MARION-045
15 November 2016	Debris and open burning	112 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-MARION-024
21 March 2004	Debris and open burning	96 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 May 2012	Natural	87 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-MARION-057

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

Storms, 1953 to 2026

60 of 114 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 114 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 12 injuries and about $1,308,020 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	74
Hail	24
Tornado	11
Flash Flood	3
Lightning	1
Flood	1

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
December 1954	Tornado (F2)	not stated	7 hurt, $25,000	no account filed
April 1953	Tornado (F2)	not stated	3 hurt, $25,000	no account filed
April 1953	Tornado (F2)	not stated	2 hurt, $250,000	no account filed
February 1977	Tornado	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Juniper	$150,000	The Marion County 911 Center reported extensive and widespread damage to trees and power lines across the county. Several homes and business sustained minor to moderate damage from downed trees on the structures, especially within the city of Buena Vista. Over 12 roads were closed as a result of downed trees and power lines.
June 2005	Lightning	Buena Vista	$100,000	The Tri-County Journal reported that lightning struck a propane line leading into a home on McAllister Drive west of Buena Vista. The lightning ignited the line and set the home on fire. The flames were reported to have been up to 50 feet in the air. The home was completely destroyed.
November 1997	Tornado (F1)	Draneville	$100,000	West of Draneville, nearly 50 trees were knocked down and several grain silos and out-buildings were damaged. A church just southeast of Draneville on highway 30 was destroyed. Its roof was blown into a nearby orchard, where 116 pecan trees were also destroyed. The roof of a youth center was lifted off. A gas station/grocery store sustained minor damage.
February 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Brantley	$75,000	An aerial and ground survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia concluded that the EF0 tornado that originated in Stewart county and then tracked through Chattahoochee county, continued into Marion county. The tornado entered Marion county about three miles northwest of Union, where Georgia Highway 137 touches the Chattahoochee county line. The tornado then continued on an east-northeastward track across the county exiting into Taylor county across Georgia Highway 127/240C, about one mile south of Mauk. The tornado passed about fives miles north of the county seat, Buena Vista, crossing Georgia Highway 41 at that point. The tornado had a estimated tornado path length was approximately 18 miles with a maximum path width of 100 yards. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along the spotty damage path of the tornado, including several large trees which were uprooted at the Johnson Cemetery. The most significant damage occurred to a manufactured home, which was heavily damaged, in the northeast part of the county near Five Points on Johnson Cemetery Road, just off Georgia Highway 240, or about two miles south of Mauk. The home was destroyed and a large barn behind the home suffered significant damage as well. The adjacent mobile home also sustained some damage. No injuries were reported within the county.
March 2013	Hail	Draneville	$41,370	The Marion County Emergency Manager reported that widespread dime-sized hail covered the ground along Georgia Highway 30. Some of the hailstones were as large as golfballs.
February 2020	Flash Flood	Lancaster	$30,000	The Emergency Manager reported that Anthony Road was washed out due to high flow through Juniper Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 2 to 3 inches of rain occurred over the area, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Tazewell	$28,000	The Marion county 911 center reported that two trees fell down. One was a large oak tree that fell on a church in Tazewell, resulting in significant structural damage. The other fell down on a power line along county road 80 at Brantley.
February 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Juniper	$25,000	The Marion County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down along Highway 355 in the Box Springs area as well as wind damage to the roofs of a church and a home.
March 2007	Tornado (EF1)	Oakland	$25,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, GA concluded that an EF1 tornado had touched down approximately two miles north-northeast of Oakland in far northern Marion county and tracked northeast to a point about five miles northeast of Oakland in far northeast Marion county. The path length of the tornado was about 2.5 miles long with a maximum path width of 100 yards. The tornado roughly paralleled Fort Perry Road. Numerous trees were snapped off and a few were uprooted. One barn was destroyed and another had metal sheeting stripped off its roof. A mobile home was shifted off its foundation and one home lost a porch roof. Several fences were damaged by the wind or downed trees.
March 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Five Pts	$25,000	The public reported that strong thunderstorm winds blew part of a roof off a barn, blew over a grain auger, and knocked over one tree.
September 2020	Flash Flood	Tazewell	$15,000	The local Emergency Manager reported several roads washed out in the area, including Moody Road near Sandy Acres. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 5 inches of rain occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Zellobee	$10,000	Report of a tree down on a home on the 90th block of Westwind Trail.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Oakland	$10,000	The Marion County Emergency Manager reported a mobile home damaged by thunderstorm winds in the Oakland community.
July 2003	Flash Flood	Buena Vista	$10,000	The Marion county 911 center reported that several roads were washed out from flash flooding.
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Five Pts	$8,000	The Marion county sheriff reported that thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, blew the top off a latched down camper, and knocked a barn over.
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoggs	$7,000	The Marion County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down from northwest through southeast of Buena Vista.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$7,000	The public reported that a few trees had fallen down in the city, one of which had fallen on a mobile home and another near the courthouse. The Buena Vista Police Department reported that one tree was down just outside the city limits on Georgia Highway 137 West.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$6,000	The Marion County Emergency Manager reported tress and power lines blown down on Dr. Deryl Hart Road northeast of Buena Vista.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$5,000	Report of a tree down on a shed along 1st Ave in downtown Buena Vista.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$5,000	The Marion County Sheriff reported that at least nine trees were down from north of Brantley to just west of Buena Vista. A stretch of Georgia Highway 41 between Brantley and Oakland was temporarily blocked from downed trees as well as a number of large downed limbs. At least one tree was also down on a county road three miles north of Buena Vista and Georgia Highway 137 west of Buena Vista. Both of these roads were also blocked temporarily.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Oakland	$5,000	The Marion County 911 Center reported that many trees were down across the northern portion of the county near the Talbot county line.
December 2005	Hail	Brantley	$5,000	The Marion County Emergency Management Director, the public, and the county police reported an extensive period of hail ranging in size from pennies to quarters across the north part of the county from Brantley, to Five Points, to Tazewell. The hail covered the ground at some locations and vehicle windshields were cracked. Hail fell for as long as 20 minutes at some locations.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Brantley	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds at the intersection of Georgia Highways 41 and 352.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$4,000	no account filed
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Juniper	$3,000	The Marion County 911 center reported several trees blown down on roads around the intersection of Highway 355 and Dr. Brooks Road.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Elmview	$3,000	The Middle Flint Regional 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 26 just went of Buena Vista. Another tree was down across Pineville Road.
December 2009	Flood	Hoggs	$3,000	The Marion 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.
November 2014	Tornado (EF1)	Juniper	$2,500	A NWS storm survey team found that the EF-1 tornado that touched down in Chattahoochee County crossed the northwest corner of Marion County. The tornado crossed into Marion County near County Road 65 and traveled northeast for around one half mile before it crossed Upatoi Creek into Talbot County. Maximum wind speeds were around 100 MPH with mainly damage to trees. [11/23/14: Tornado #3, County #2-3, EF1, Chattahoochee-Marion-Talbot, 2014:020].
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Juniper	$2,500	The Marion County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees and power lines down across the northwest portion of the county. Some were blocking roads.
May 1984	Tornado (F0)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
January 1972	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Elmview	$2,000	Tree down on a powerline at the intersection of murray farm road and flem smith road.
March 2009	Tornado (EF0)	Putnam	$2,000	The Marion County Emergency Management Director reported that an EF0 tornado touched down in eastern Marion county, approximately two miles northwest of Putnam, and traveled east-northeast into extreme western Schley county before lifting. The total path length of the tornado was around two miles. The maximum path width was 100 yards. Within Marion county, one tin outbuilding was destroyed and patio furniture was overturned. Some trees were also down in the area.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Brantley	$2,000	The Marion County 911 Center reported that several trees were down on Georgia Highways 41, 137, and 352 north of Buena Vista.
November 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$2,000	Marion county 911 reported thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines causing power outages.
March 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Oakland	$2,000	no account filed
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Tazewell	$1,500	Ham radio operators reported that trees and power lines were down near Highway 240 and Buck Creek Road.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$1,500	The public reported two trees down, one on County Road 97 and the other on County Road 163.
January 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Elmview	$1,000	Tree downed along HWY 26 near the intersection of Firetower road.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Brantley	$1,000	Report of tree down on Brantley Rd and hwy 352.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Five Pts	$1,000	Powerlines down in ne portion of Marion County Southwest of Mauk.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Tazewell	$1,000	Emergency manager reported a tree down along Hwy 137 near Tazewell.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$1,000	Tree down on Dr. Deryl Hart Road between Harold Harris Road and Barwick road.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Brantley	$1,000	Tree down on hwy 41 near Brantley Rd.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$1,000	Tree and powerline down in Buena Vista near intersection of 3rd Ave and Baker St.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Church Hill	$1,000	Report of a tree down at Hwy 41 S and Hay Rd.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Draneville	$1,000	The Marion County 911 center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Highway 41 south and Wiggins Road.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Juniper	$1,000	The local broadcast media reported a tree blown down along Dr. Brooks Road.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Oakland	$1,000	The Marion County 911 center reported two trees blown down in Oakland.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$1,000	The Marion County 911 center reported a tree down on East 4th Avenue in Buena Vista.
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Brantley	$1,000	The Schley County Regional 911 Center reported that a few trees were down on the north side of Buena Vista near the power station and on Dr. Deryl Hart Road.
March 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Draneville	$1,000	The Marion County Emergency Management Director reported that a few trees were down along Georgia Highway 30 in the far southeast part of the county between Draneville and Friendship.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$1,000	The Marion County 911 Center reported that three trees down on Georgia Highway 26 west of Buena Vista and one tree was down on Georgia Highway 137, also west of Buena Vista. Both roads were blocked from the downed trees. The public observed pea-sized hail near Berginville, west-southwest of Buena Vista.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$1,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded that straight-line winds and not a tornado blew down several trees and caused damage to a barn or shed on Mill Pond Road (County Road 102) just off Georgia Highway 41 five miles south of Buena Vista.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$1,000	The Marion County 911 Center reported that three to four trees were down along Georgia Highway 26 near Buena Vista.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Buena Vista	$1,000	The Marion county 911 center reported that several trees were down on Georgia Highway 26.

Mines and quarries

2 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. All of them still produce. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction	2

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
	Georgia Silica Div	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Junction City Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Buena Vista

Buena Vista census division · 31803 · Buena Vista quadrangle

11 sheets, 1950 to 1981

Fire insurance: 4 atlases
Berginville

Buena Vista census division · 31803 · On Peacock Ditch · Buena Vista quadrangle

11 sheets, 1950 to 1981
Blueville

North Marion census division · 31803 · On Little Creek · Tazewell North quadrangle

8 sheets, 1955 to 1981
Brantley

North Marion census division · 31803 · Buena Vista quadrangle

11 sheets, 1950 to 1981
Church Hill

Buena Vista census division · 31803 · Church Hill quadrangle

8 sheets, 1955 to 1981
Doyle

Buena Vista census division · 31803 · Tazewell South quadrangle

8 sheets, 1955 to 1981
Draneville

Buena Vista census division · 31803 · Draneville quadrangle

7 sheets, 1955 to 1981
Elmview

Buena Vista census division · 31803 · Buena Vista quadrangle

11 sheets, 1950 to 1981
Five Points

North Marion census division · 31058 · Tazewell North quadrangle

8 sheets, 1955 to 1981
Glen Alta

Buena Vista census division · 31803 · Glen Alta quadrangle

13 sheets, 1949 to 1981
Hoggs

31803 · Church Hill quadrangle

8 sheets, 1955 to 1981

No longer a settlement
Juniper

North Marion census division · 31801 · On Juniper Creek · Geneva quadrangle

15 sheets, 1907 to 1981
Lancaster

North Marion census division · 31801 · On Fort Perry Creek · Geneva quadrangle

15 sheets, 1907 to 1981

No longer a settlement
Oakland

North Marion census division · 31058 · Buena Vista NE quadrangle

11 sheets, 1950 to 1981
Pineville

Buena Vista census division · 31803 · Buena Vista quadrangle

11 sheets, 1950 to 1981
Putnam

Buena Vista census division · 31803 · Tazewell South quadrangle

8 sheets, 1955 to 1981
Tazewell

North Marion census division · 31803 · On Gin Creek · Tazewell North quadrangle

8 sheets, 1955 to 1981
Union

Buena Vista census division · 31803 · Glen Alta quadrangle

13 sheets, 1949 to 1981
Zellobee

Buena Vista census division · 31803 · Buena Vista quadrangle

11 sheets, 1950 to 1981

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

Recorded here

Buena Vista, Georgia

11 topographic sheets and 4 fire insurance atlases, 1904 to 1943

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.