BlockFrom the record
One of 11 National Register listings published here for Liberty County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Eddie Bowens Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Bowens, Eddie, Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 660 Trade Hill Rd., Seabrook, 31320
- When was it listed? October 2004
- Category. building
- Census division. Midway
- National Register reference number. 04001209 - 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
227 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Eddie Bowens Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,233 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 47 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 | 110 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-LIBERTY-008 |
| 29 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Storms near this property
24 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seabrook, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported multiple trees down on homes along Camellia Road in Halfmoon Landing, Georgia. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported a wind gust between 65 and 70 mph measured by a boat anemometer, two damaged docks, and that two pleasure craft had sank near Halfmoon Landing, Georgia. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | $3,000 | Law enforcement reported a tree down on a power line on Old Seabrook School Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | $2,000 | A 911 center relayed a report from the public of trees down on Brigdon Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | $1,000 | A 911 call center reported 1 tree down on Old Seabrook School Road. |
| October 2014 | Lightning | Seabrook | $1,000 | The Liberty County 911 Call Center reported one tree down possibly due to lightning along Marchview Drive. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | $1,000 | The Liberty County 911 call center reported a tree down on Camp Viking Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | $1,000 | Trained spotter e-mailed report of several large limbs snapped off. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | $1,000 | Trees down at Lockwood Marina. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | $500 | Eight to 10 inch diameter tree limbs were reported down in the Walburg Creek area of Saint Catherines Island. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Seabrook | - | Hail up to the size of nickels was reported on Colonels Island. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Seabrook | - | Hail up to the size of quarters was reported on the south end of Colonels Island. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Seabrook | - | A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team confirmed an EF-1 tornado with an estimated maximum wind speed of 100 mph, which tracked from southern Liberty County into southern Bryan County. This tornado began just east of Interstate 95 near Dorchester Village Road, snapping and uprooting numerous trees along its path, followed by destroying a small cinder block building and causing roof damage to a few homes and a church near Islands Highway. The tornado then continued a path east-northeast, producing sporadic snapping and uprooting tree damage while crossing Sunbury Road and Brigantine Dunmore Road, before shifting across the Medway River into southern Bryan County where damage was more consistent with an EF-0 rating. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | - | The public shared a photo of several trees down on roads across Colonel's Island. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Seabrook | - | A Liberty County emergency manager reported penny size hail. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | - | Liberty County dispatch reported a tree down on power lines on Lake Pamona Road. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of Trade Hill Road and Islands Highway. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | - | A emergency manager reported a 30 feet rescue platoon boat and 3 additional boats sunk near the Sunbury boat ramp on Fort Morris Road. Heavy rain was also a contributing factor. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Seabrook | - | Law Enforcement relayed a report of quarter size hail in Halfmoon Landing, Georgia. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Islands Highway near Kings Road, 1 mile north-northwest of Halfmoon Landing, Georgia. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Seabrook | - | The public reported penny size hail at Yellow Bluff Fish Camp, 1 mile east-northeast of Halfmoon Landing, Georgia. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Seabrook | - | Broadcast media relayed a report from a local spotter of nickel size hail in Sunbury, Georgia. |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines just east of Halfmoon Landing. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seabrook | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees. |
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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sam Ripley Farm | 3.2 miles | 2004 |
 | Midway Historic District | 7.8 miles | 1973 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04001209 in Record Group 79. |
| Liberty County | All 11 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.