Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Carroll County · listed in 2005 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Williams Family Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 693 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 66 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 | 88 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CARROLL-008 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Williams Family Farm: 9 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron-Pyrite, Sulfur, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Stone Prospect | Iron-Pyrite, Zinc | Occurrence | Gossan | |
| Keaten-Thomas Prospect | Iron-Pyrite, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Gossan | |
| Villa Rica Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Keaton-Thomas Prospect | Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Villa Rica Mine | Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| A. C. Watkins Prospect | Iron-Pyrite, Gold | Occurrence | Pyrite | |
| Lasseter Prospect | Iron-Pyrite | Past Producer | Pyrite | |
| Chambers Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Hart | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Hixon | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Villa Rica, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 24 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $200,000 | The Carroll county EMA and the public reported thunderstorm winds damaged 12 buildings, 6 of them houses. Damage ranged from minor to moderate. Trees and power lines were also blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $100,000 | The Carroll County Emergency Management Director reported that several large trees were blown down. Several homes were damaged from the downed trees. A smaller tree fell on a vehicle in Villa Rica trapping a woman in her car, but without injuries. Wind gusts in the area were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2007 | Lightning | Villa Rica | $75,000 | The Carroll County EMA Director reported that lightning struck a home on Carrollton-Villa Rica Highway, Georgia Highway 61, causing damage to the structure. Another home on Sandhill Hickory Level Road was damaged when a tree fell on the residence as a result of a lightning strike. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $25,000 | Tree down on a house near intersection of Vandenburg Drive and Inverness Drive. No reports of injuries. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $10,000 | Large tree down on a home near the intersection of Brookside Way and Brookside Drive. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $10,000 | A large tree came down on a house in the 600 block of McCurdy Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $10,000 | Two trees were reported down on a home in the 100 block of Brookside Way. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $10,000 | A HAM operator and the public reported trees and power lines down and damage to the roof of a house. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $5,000 | Multiple trees down in villa rica . |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $5,000 | Five trees down on roadways in Villa Rica city limits. |
| July 2005 | Heavy Rain | Villa Rica | $5,000 | The Douglas Neighbor reported that torrential rainfall from thunderstorms associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy resulted in a sinkhole on Tyson Road in Villa Rica. A truck drove into the sinkhole and was trapped there for several hours before it was removed. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds tore off the roof of a mobile home in Villa Rica. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $3,000 | The public reported a tree blown down onto a boat at a home in the 200 block of Legion Lake Road. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $3,000 | The Carroll County 911 Center reported that trees were down on power lines in at least 4 locations around the county from Villa Rica in the northeast to along Georgia Highway 5 in the southeast near Lowell. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $3,000 | The Carroll county 911 center reported that they have received two calls about trees down on power lines. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $3,000 | The Carroll county 911 center reported that trees and power lines were down. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $2,000 | Large tree down in the 1000 block of Dallas Road in Villa Rica. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $2,000 | The public reported that an apparent thunderstorm microburst or downburst resulted in a number of large tree limbs being blown down and damage to three sections of a wooden fence and swing. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $1,000 | Tree and powerlines down along Herrell Dr . |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $1,000 | The 911 center reported a tree down in Villa Rica east bound on interstate 20. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $1,000 | The Carroll county 911 center reported that a few trees were blown down. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $1,000 | Carroll county 911 reported power lines blown down between Temple and Villa Rica. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $500 | The public reported that five to six small trees were blown down. |
| June 2002 | Lightning | Villa Rica | $500 | The Carroll county Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a home causing minor damage as the lightning followed the electrical service line into the house as a conductive path. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | $500 | The Carroll county 911 center reported that a few trees were down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Villa Rica | - | Relayed via carroll county ema. Tree down on a house along tapley rd. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Villa Rica | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail around Villa Rica in extreme northeast Carroll county. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Villa Rica | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail in far northern Carroll county near Villa Rica. This was from a second and separate thunderstorm that earlier produced hail near Whitesburg. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Villa Rica | - | The public observed nickel to quarter-sized hail in the Villa Rica area of far northeast Carroll county from 825 to 835 pm EDT, and further west near Temple in the far northwestern part of the county from 855 pm to 858 pm EDT. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Villa Rica | - | The public observed golf ball-sized hail in east central Carroll county, northeast of Carrollton, and nickel-sized hail in Villa Rica. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Villa Rica | - | A storm spotter observed penny-sized hail while traveling along Interstate-20 south of Villa Rica near the Douglas county line. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Villa Rica | - | Amatuer radio operators and the public reported penny to quarter-sized hail in the Villa Rica area. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Villa Rica | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Villa Rica | - | An amateur radio operator reported penny-sized hail. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Villa Rica | - | The Carroll county 911 center reported dime size hail. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Villa Rica | - | The public reported dime to quarter size hail. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Villa Rica | - | The public reported quarter size hail. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Villa Rica | - | An amateur radio operator reported quarter size hail. |
| February 1999 | Hail | Villa Rica | - | The public reported less than one inch size hail...probably around dime size. |
| August 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Villa Rica | - | Carroll county 911 received numerous reports of a funnel cloud between Carrollton and Villa Rica along highway 61. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | North Villa Rica Commercial Historic District | 2.3 miles | 2002 |
| Dorough Round Barn and Farm | 2.8 miles | 1980 | |
| Eric Vernon Folds House | 5.6 miles | 2005 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05000193 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Carroll County | All 17 listed properties in this county. |
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