BlockFrom the record
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Banks County · listed in 2003 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Turk Family Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
The listing
- Address. 534 Carson Segars Rd., Maysville, 30558
- When was it listed? January 2003
- Category. district
- Census division. Maysville
- National Register reference number. 03001365 - 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
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Turk Family Farm between 1992 and 2017, burning about 233 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 44 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BANKS-002 |
| 24 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Storms near this property
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maysville, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Maysville | $175,000 | The Banks County Emergency Management Director reported flash flooding along Grove Creek and Hickory Creek at Georgia Highway 98. Two homes were flooded and the residents had to be relocated. Hembree and Hickory Creek Roads were flooded and closed. Rainfall of four to five inches fell across the southern portions of Banks county between Maysville and Homer during the late morning and early afternoon hours. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $4,000 | The Banks County Emergency Manager reported that an old chicken house and a barn sustained minor damage from strong winds along Carson Segars Road. Several small trees were blown down as well. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $2,000 | EM reports two trees down at hwy 98 near Quail Rd and Grove Level Rd near N Mangum Bridge Rd. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $1,500 | The Banks County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down across the Maysville area, including Gillsville Road and Highway 98. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $1,000 | Tree down on the roadway near the intersection or Ridgeway Rd and Mintz Rd. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Maysville | - | The Jackson County 911 Center relayed a report of quarter-sized hail in the Maysville area long the Banks county line. Radar data suggests that similar-size hail likely continued eastward toward Banks Crossing. |
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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Maysville Historic District | 3.0 miles | 1985 |
| Homer Historic District | 3.8 miles | 1985 | |
 | Banks County Courthouse | 3.9 miles | 1980 |
| Homer Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 4.0 miles | 1993 | |
 | Banks County Jail | 4.3 miles | 1982 |
 | Gillsville Historic District | 5.5 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03001365 in Record Group 79. |
| Banks County | All 15 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.
- 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.