Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
“The Burge Plantation, also known as the Burge Farm, is a historic farm estate in Newborn, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 2000.”
Wikipedia article Burge Plantation, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Newton County · listed in 2000 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Burge Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 721 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 14 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 101 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2007 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-NEWTON-001 |
| 19 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Smoking | 6.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-NEWTON-012 |
| 15 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-NEWTON-002 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newborn, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2011: 1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Newborn | $400,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that an EF1 tornado touched down in far southeast Newton county, approximately one mile west of the city of Newborn, then tracked across Morgan county before moving into western Greene county and finally lifting approximately six miles west of Greensboro. The tornado had a total path length near 25 miles, of which roughly two miles occurred within Newton county. |The maximum path width was determined to be 1/2 mile with maximum winds estimated to be 105 mph. One home was destroyed, five others suffered major damage, and 10 others sustained minor damage as a result of the tornado. Hundreds of trees were also damaged or destroyed by the tornado. Most of the damage was in or around the city of Newborn. There were no fatalities or injuries within Newton county from this tornado.||[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #13, County #1-3, EF1, Newton-Morgan-Greene, 2011:022]. |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Newborn | $25,000 | The Newton county 911 center reported that a house was set on fire. Damage estimates were inconclusive. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Newborn | $1,000 | The Newton County 911 Center reported flash flooding in the eastern portion of the county in association with flooding from Tanyard Branch Creek in Eastern Newton County. Water was standing on some roads in the area as well. Damage was confined to minor debris removal. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Newborn | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail at a convenience store. |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newborn Historic District | 2.2 miles | 1998 | |
 | Brick Store | 4.3 miles | 2009 |
 | Starrsville Historic District | 5.2 miles | 1998 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00000467 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Newton County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |
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