Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
“The McCanaan Missionary Baptist Church is an active church in Sardis, Georgia. It serves members in Burke County, Georgia and Screven County, Georgia.”
Wikipedia article McCanaan Missionary Baptist Church and Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Burke County · listed in 2001 · category: Building.
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 241 fires within 5 miles of McCanaan Missionary Baptist Church and Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,473 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 80 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 | 128 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-BURKE-002 |
| 29 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-BURKE-004 |
| 15 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BURKE-006 |
| 9 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BURKE-005 |
| 27 August 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BURKE-012 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sardis, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Sardis | $8,000 | Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down on Hwy 23 near Sardis. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $8,000 | Dispatch reported powerlines down in Sardis. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees in Sardis. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $4,000 | Georgia Power reported powerlines down along Hwy 24 and Tom Bargeron Road near Sardis. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Sardis | $4,000 | Georgia Power reported powerlines down in the town of Sardis. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $4,000 | Sheriff reported several trees down on Giles Street and Hwy 23 in Sardis. |
| August 2023 | Flood | Old Sardis | $500 | Burke County Law Enforcement reported several flooded roadways throughout the county. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $500 | Dispatch reported a tree down in the Sardis area. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $500 | A few large trees were downed in Sardis along Georgia Highway 24 by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | - | Sheriff Dispatch reported a tree down blocking both lanes at the intersection of Johnson Road and Ellison Bridge Road near Sardis. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Sardis | - | Burke County EM reported multiple flooded roadways in the Town of Sardis including North Mill Street, Cemetery Street, and along Old Sardis Road. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Old Sardis | - | Burke County EM reported Highway 23 at Black Road is flooded. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Old Sardis | - | Burke County Sheriff's Office reported Mill Pond Road near Murray Hill Road is closed due to flooding. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Sardis | - | Numerous trees were downed in Sardis. Time estimated. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Sardis | - | Sardis Police Dept. reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Old Sardis | - | EMA employee reported quarter size hail and a tree down in his yard off of Old Sardis Road on the south side of Sardis. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Sardis | - | Public reported quarter size hail along with tree limbs down. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Old Sardis | - | Sardis FD reported pea size hail in Sardis and penny size hail SSW of Sardis between Hwys 23 and 24. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Sardis | - | Sheriff Dispatch reported a large tree down along Old Sardis Rd. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | - | Reported power lines down in Sardis along Highway 24. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | - | Storm survey found a linear track with trees down in the rural areas from west of Sardis to just east of Girard. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | - | Highway Dept. reported several trees down on Brown Morely road and Thompson Creek road. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | - | Channel 12 out of Augusta reported that the roof of a church was blown off. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | - | Public reported a couple of trees down. |
| December 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Sardis | - | An F0 tornado touched down intermittently along a path from near the intersection of Creek and Claxton roads to a Cypress Pond road NE of Girard. Only trees were taken down. This was the second tornado produced by the same supercell that spawned another tornado north to northeast of Midville. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Sardis | - | Emergency manager reported quarter size hail just south of Sardis. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | - | EPD reported large limbs and powerlines down in the Sardis area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girard Elementary School | 5.1 miles | 2021 | |
 | Sapp Plantation | 6.7 miles | 1980 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01000643 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Burke County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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