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Montgomery County, Georgia
16 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.
Research this county
What the record shows
- 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Mount Vernon, between 1893 and 1924.
- 6 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
- 98 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 11 populated places in this county; 11 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Places on the National Register
2Every 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Willie T. McArthur Farm | district | 2012 | 12000382 |
 | Montgomery County Courthouse | building | 1980 | 80001122 |
The county from the air
20 shownFlown 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 589 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 20 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.
Weather records
3 stations, 1 gageThe 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.
- ALTAMAHA RIVER AT US 221, NR CHARLOTTEVILLE, GA 2008 to 2026
The 1950 census, district by district
14 districtsWho 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.
- 103-1Militia District 275, Long Pond: Alston town
- 103-2Militia District 275, Long Pond - That part outside Alston town
- 103-3Militia District 1343, Mount Vernon: Mount Vernon city
- 103-4Militia District 1343, Mount Vernon - That part outside Mount Vernon city
- 103-5Militia District 1567, Higgston: Higgston town
- 103-6Militia District 1567, Higgston - That part outside Higgston town
- 103-7Militia District 1654, Tarrytown: Tarrytown village
- 103-8Militia District 225, Wildcat
- 103-9Militia District 1757, Ailey: Ailey town
- 103-10Militia District 1757, Ailey - That part outside Ailey town
- 103-11Militia District 1781, Kibbee - Tiger
- 103-12Militia District 1810, Uvalda: Uvalda town
- 103-13Militia District 1810, Uvalda - That part east of Georgia and Florida Railroad and State Hwy. 56, outside Uvalda town
- 103-14Militia District 1810, Uvalda - That part west of State Hwy. 56 and Georgia and Florida Railroad, outside Uvalda town
Wildfire, 1992 to 2020
883 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 883 of them, burning about 3,117 acres. 46 started naturally and 110 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 485 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 110 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 104 |
| Smoking | 49 |
| Natural | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
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 March 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 276 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 81 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MONTGOMERY-035 |
| 19 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 80 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-MONTGOMERY-001 |
| 23 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MONTGOMERY-024 |
| 22 January 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-MONTGOMERY-025 |
| 14 May 2015 | Natural | 60 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-MONTGOMERY-025 |
| 29 January 2013 | Debris and open burning | 57 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-MONTGOMERY-026 |
| 10 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 51 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MONTGOMERY-031 |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1963 to 2024
60 of 100 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 100 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 1 injury and about $1,204,200 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 67 |
| Hail | 20 |
| Tornado | 6 |
| Flash Flood | 4 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 |
| 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarrytown | 1 hurt, $100,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Management Director reported that extensive wind damage occurred across the northern part of the county. The most significant damage was observed in the Kibbee area in the far northern part of the county. Here, a trailer was removed from its foundation, the foundation blocks of which poked holes in the trailer's floor. Nearby, a site-built home was damaged on Bear Creek Road, resulting in the injury, possibly in the form of a broken leg, to a female. Near Tarrytown, several aluminum carports were picked up by the strong winds and thrown onto homes. Just south of Tarrytown, a 30 by 25 foot barn was destroyed. Minor roof damage was also reported to a few homes in the area. In Mt Vernon, a portion of a roof was blown of a home and a few trees were down on power lines. Just northeast of Mount Vernon, in Ailey, a storage shed was destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines were down from Tarrytown, to Kibbee, to Higgston. Several roads were blocked between Tarrytown and Kibbee. |
| May 1984 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| January 1972 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Ailey | $66,200 | Amateur Radio operators and the public reported golf ball sized hail east of Mount Vernon. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Mt Vernon | $66,000 | The Montgomery County 911 Center reported that large quarter to golf ball sized hail fell about three miles south of Mount Vernon along Thompson Road. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ailey | $65,000 | The Toombs County Regional 911 Center relayed a report of golf ball-sized hail from Montgomery county between Ailey and Higgston. |
| March 2005 | Flash Flood | North Portion | $50,000 | The local Montgomery county newspaper reported that several inches of rain had fallen during the morning hours resulting in flooding of several roads in the county. Warnock Pond Road near Tarrytown was washed out and caved in. Several dirt roads in the county, especially the northern portion, were also washed out and closed. |
| January 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Vernon | $50,000 | The thunderstorm that spawned the small tornado in Wheeler County produced a short path of damage in Montgomery County. Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and caused minor property damage from Mount Vernon to near Ailey. The storm ripped the siding off a mobile home at Mount Vernon. Power outages developed after utility lines were damaged. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibbee | $30,000 | A newspaper reported thunderstorm winds knocked down 100 year pecan trees and destroyed or heavily damaged outbuildings in the Hamilton Road, Joe Hilton Road, Taylor Springs Road, and Stacy Road areas. Part of the roofs of a house and a convenience store were blown off. The tin roof of a barn was ripped off, and a utility shed was destroyed. A large oak tree fell on a mobile home. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF3) | Kibbee | $25,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the EF3 tornado, that initially touched down approximately three miles south-southeast of Soperton, continued on an east-southeastward track approximately seven miles into extreme northeast Montgomery county. The tornado likely weakened to less than EF3 intensity as it entered Montgomery county. A number of outbuildings and sheds were destroyed along the path of the tornado in northeast Montgomery county. A number of trees and power lines were also downed. However, no damage to any homes was observed or reported in Montgomery county. |
| February 1966 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| January 1963 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $20,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported a large barn had portions of its roof blown off and two trees were blown down at the Braddy Onion Farms on Highway 221 north of Mount Vernon. Dime size hail was also reported at this location. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $20,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down across the county, including at the intersection of McGregor Street and Broad Street in Ailey. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uvalda | $15,000 | The Montgomery county 911 center reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down. One house sustained some structural damage also as a result of the wind and downed trees. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarrytown | $15,000 | Montgomery county 911 reported trees down, tops blown off buildings, power lines down, and some hail of unknown size. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotteville | $10,000 | The Montgomery County 911 center reported trees and power line sblown down around Uvalda. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $8,000 | The Montgomery County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down around Ailey. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $8,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported around 10 trees blown down near the intersection of North Old River Road and Deer Run Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Vernon | $8,000 | The Montgomery County 911 center reported numerous trees blown down along Highway 221 south of Mt. Vernon. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $7,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down from McGregor Alston Road to the Buckhorn Creek area. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $6,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees blown down along Fire Tower Road between Highway 221 and Milligan Creek Road. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $6,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down from east of Mt. Vernon along Highway 280, south southeast to Fire Tower Road around Highway 221 and east of Uvalda near the intersection of Gibbs Bridge Road and Jones Road. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarrytown | $6,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across the northern end of the county. Some locations included around the intersection of Highways 199 and 221 and in the Paradice Circle area. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $6,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down and four power poles snapped in the Alston area. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mc Gregor | $5,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down between Mt. Vernon and Higgston. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds uprooted several large trees and downed numerous power lines. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alston | $5,000 | Several power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uvalda | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mc Gregor | $3,300 | The Montgomery county 911 center reported 11 trees down on U.S. 280 east of Mt. Vernon, near McGregor. The Vidalia newspaper reported extensive damage to at least five pecan orchards in McGregor. Some of the trees were completely uprooted. Many of the pecan trees were over 90 years old. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibbee | $3,000 | Two to three trees down along hilton memory road and old kibbee rd north near the train tracks. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Higgston | $3,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported a few tree tops broken along Thompson Pond Road near the Toombs County Line. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mc Gregor | $3,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported a tree and power lines blown down around the intersection of Rabbit Run and Morris Road. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Tarrytown | $3,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Management Director reported minor flooding of some roads and property across the county, mostly adjacent to overflowing creeks and streams. A few dirt roads were washed out. Monetary damage was confined to minor debris removal in these areas. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Vernon | $3,000 | The Montgomery County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down along U.S. Highway 221/Georgia Highway 56 in the Mount Vernon area, especially near the state prison. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Vernon | $3,000 | Two large tree limbs were snapped off near Georgia Highways 280 and 221. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Vernon | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and one telephone pole. Some of the trees destroyed were more than 60-years-old. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotteville | $2,000 | The Toombs County 911 Center relayed reports of several downed trees across the southern portion of Montgomery County. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Vernon | $2,000 | The Fire & Rescue Department for Montgomery county reported that four trees were down on power lines on the east side of the county. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alston | $2,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Management Director reported that more than six trees were down in the Alston area. One power line was also down in the area as a result of the downed trees. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Vernon | $2,000 | The Mt Vernon Police Department reported that trees were down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Higgston | $2,000 | Montgomery county 911 reported numerous trees down. There was an unconfirmed report of a tornado near the Montgomery-Toombs county line. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibbee | $1,000 | Tree down along tarrytown road . |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarrytown | $1,000 | Tree down along warnock pond road just northeast of tarrytown. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibbee | $1,000 | Tree down along ferguson road . |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alston | $1,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported damage to the roof of a mobile home on Browning Road near the Alston community. Metal roof sheeting that had been installed over an existing shingle roof was peeled off of a mobile home. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Vernon | $1,000 | The Montgomery County 911 center reported a tree blown down around the intersection of Blueberry Road and Morrison Street in Mount Vernon. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Vernon | $1,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported trees blown on U.S. Highway 221 south of Mt. Vernon and on Martin Luther King Drive in Uvalda. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $1,000 | The Toombs County Regional 911 Center relayed a report from Montgomery county of three trees down, one of which was on McGregor-Austin Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Higgston | $1,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Management Director reported that two trees were down on Fire Tower Road, four miles west-northwest of Alston. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office reported that one tree was down near Higgston. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $1,000 | The public reported that three to four trees were down on a county road north of Uvalde. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarrytown | $1,000 | The Montgomery County 911 Center reported that four trees were down within the county, while the public reported that an additional tree was down within the county. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Higgston | $1,000 | Altamaha EMC reported thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down on power lines. |
| July 2004 | Lightning | Mt Vernon | $500 | The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office reported that four trees had been struck by lightning and knocked down. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibbee | $500 | The Montgomery county 911 center reported that a few trees were blown down. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Vernon | $500 | The Mt Vernon sheriff's office reported several trees blown down. |
| November 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Vernon | $200 | Montgomery county 911 reported a couple of trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Kibbee | - | An EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 90mph touched down on|Thursday May 9, 2024 at 1:39PM EDT in an unpopulated area|northwest of Higgston GA along hwy 227 where a few trees were|downed along both sides of the hwy. The tornado tracked|southeastward through a mostly wooded unpopulated area before|reaching the community of Higgston. Trees were snapped along Saw|Mill Road to the west of Higgston. The tornado reached|EF1 intensity as it reached Hwy 15 and Azalea Dr where numerous|trees were snapped including several onto homes, outbuildings and|cars in that area. The tornado continued eastward along Hwy|280 snapping and uprooting trees crossing the Montgomery and|Toombs county line continuing to parallel Hwy 280 to the south. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Vernon | - | Multiple reports of structural damage on the NW side of Mt. Vernon along McKinnon Street per Emergency Manager. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mc Gregor | - | Report of 30 to 40 pecan trees downed or with snapped limbs on US Hwy-280 and Mcgregor-Alston Rd. |
Mines and quarries
7 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 7 workings inside this county. 4 still produce and 3 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lott Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mobley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mt Vernon Mine Montgomery Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mt. Vernon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Alluvium |
Every populated place in the county
11Named 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.
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Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon-Ailey census division · 30445 · Mount Vernon quadrangle
9 sheets, 1957 to 1988
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
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Kibbee
Tarrytown census division · 30474 · On Shotbag Creek · Soperton South quadrangle
8 sheets, 1957 to 1988
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McGregor
Mount Vernon-Ailey census division · 30410 · Mount Vernon quadrangle
9 sheets, 1957 to 1988
Recorded here
Mount Vernon, Georgia
9 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1893 to 1924
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.