Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
“The Max and Emma Sue McRae House in McRae, Georgia is a Classical Revival-style house built in 1897 which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article Max and Emma Sue McRae House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Telfair County · listed in 2007 · 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 609 fires within 5 miles of Max and Emma Sue McRae House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,185 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 101 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 | 320 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 101 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 77 |
| Natural | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TELFAIR-015 |
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-TELFAIR-004 |
| 8 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Max and Emma Sue McRae House: 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clegg Mine Jl Clegg Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flanders Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holland Asphalt Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McRae, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | McRae | $7,000 | Numerous trees were reportedly downed across the entire county. Several large tree limbs were knocked over in McRae, damaging at least one home. Thunderstorm winds also knocked several mobile homes off of their foundations. A batting cage at one High School was completely destroyed by winds. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | McRae | $5,000 | A single trailer was blown over by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | McRae | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down on power lines. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | McRae | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Telfair County Courthouse and Jail | 0.3 miles | 1995 |
 | South Georgia College Administration Building | 0.6 miles | 1980 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000087 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Telfair County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
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