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One of 4 National Register listings published here for Warren County · listed in 2002 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Warrenton Downtown Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
The listing
- Address. Roughly centered on jct. of Main and Depot Sts., Warrenton, 30828
- When was it listed? April 2002
- Category. district
- Census division. Warrenton
- National Register reference number. 02000340 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
241 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Warrenton Downtown Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 866 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 15 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 | 148 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-WARREN-003 |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-WARREN-004 |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 6.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WARREN009 |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Warrenton Downtown Historic District: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrenton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warrenton, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 16 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF2) | Warrenton | 3 hurt, $700,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, GA concluded that an EF2 tornado tracked across eastern Warren county, touching down about four miles east-northeast of Warrenton, and continued into McDuffie county, terminating about 6 miles northeast of Thomson near Interstate-20. The overall tornado path length was 15 miles, but only about 2.5 miles of the path occurred within Warren county. The maximum path width was 448 yards or about one-quarter nautical mile. The tornado tracked very close to U.S. Highway 278 or Georgia Highway 12, the main highway between Warrenton and Thomson. The most significant damage occurred to the Briarwood Academy on U.S. Highway 278. In addition, a number of homes, mostly double-wide mobile homes, sustained significant damage between Warrenton and the McDuffie county line, especially on the northeast side of Warrenton. Most of the damage was in the Camak Road and Thomson Highway area. One double-wide mobile home was completely destroyed with only the base slab left standing. There were eight homes with major damage, 13 with moderate damage, and 17 with minor damage. Three individuals sustained minor injuries from flying glass and debris. Dozens of trees and power lines were down along the path of the tornado. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Warrenton | $90,000 | The public observed baseball-sized hail across the southern portions of Warren county. Nickel-sized hail was observed by the public in Warrenton. Radar supported that a swath of large hail fell across much of the southern portion of Warren county, south of Warrenton and Norris, including the far southeastern panhandle. |
| June 2007 | Lightning | Warrenton | $75,000 | The Warren County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a home. The home was completely destroyed from the resulting fire. |
| July 2003 | Lightning | Warrenton | $10,000 | The Warrenton Clipper reported that lightning struck and destroyed the chimney on a home, along with two television sets and some telephones inside. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Warrenton | $6,000 | The Warren County 911 Center reported trees blown down across the county. |
| July 2010 | Lightning | Warrenton | $5,000 | The Warren County 911 Center reported that a lightning strike rendered the emergency center's radios inoperative for several hours. |
| June 2007 | Lightning | Warrenton | $5,000 | The Warren County Emergency Mangement Director reported that 12 cows were killed from a lightning strike. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton | $5,000 | The Jefferson County Emergency Management Center reported trees down on power lines throughout the southern part of Warren county. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton | $5,000 | Warren county 911 reported numerous trees were blown down county-wide. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton | $5,000 | Several large trees were downed at Nayfield and East Warrenton roads on the east side of Warrenton. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton | $5,000 | Numerous large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along Georgia Highway 278. |
| February 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton | $5,000 | Several large trees were blown down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Warrenton | $4,000 | Report of 4 trees down across roadways in Warrenton. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton | $4,000 | Power lines down at the intersection of W Elam Church Road and Jack Ray Road. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton | $3,000 | The Warren County Emergency Management Director reported that an apparent thunderstorm downburst from a small thunderstorm resulted in six to nine trees being blown down in the area south and east of Warrenten. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton | $3,000 | The Warren county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton | $2,000 | The Warren County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down around the intersection of Mayfield Road and Atlanta Highway. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton | $1,500 | Two tree limbs were knocked down on power lines along Georgia Highway 278 in Warrenton. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton | $1,000 | The Warren county Emergency Management Director reported that a shed was blown over at a gasoline service station. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton | $1,000 | Warren county 911 reported several trees blown down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warrenton | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down on the Eastern part of Briarcreek Church Road. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Warrenton | - | Several trees knocked down with one on mobile home causing structural damage off of Parkway Dr in Warrenton. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Warrenton | - | The Warren County 911 Center reported quarter sized hail outside of Warrenton. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Warrenton | - | The public reported penny-sized hail near the intersection of Georgia Highway 80 and Ridge Road. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Warrenton | - | The Warren county 911 center reported golf ball size hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Warrenton | - | An Augusta, Georgia television station relayed a report of golf ball size hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Warrenton | - | The Warren county 911 center reported golf ball size hail. |
| March 1996 | Hail | Warrenton | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Warren County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 1980 |
| Roberts-McGregor House | under 500 feet | 1979 | |
 | Warrenton Gymnasium-Auditorium | 0.2 miles | 2002 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02000340 in Record Group 79. |
| Warren County | All 4 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.