Built in 1878 (hall and parlor house). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
“The Corbett Farm near Echols in rural Echols County, Georgia was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.”
Wikipedia article Corbett Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 2 National Register listings published here for Echols County · listed in 2000 · category: District · built in 1878, hall and parlor house.
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 399 fires within 5 miles of Corbett Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,338 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 102 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 | 174 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 102 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Natural | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-ECHOLS-011 |
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-ECHOLS-004 |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | 29 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 133 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020ECHOLS001 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Corbett Farm: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Statenville Consolidated School | 5.0 miles | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00001455 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Echols County | All 2 listed properties in this county. |
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