Sandersville High School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

From the record

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. 514 North Harris St., Sandersville, 31082
When was it listed? December 2019
Category. building
Census division. Sandersville
National Register reference number. 100004745 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

360 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 360 fires within 5 miles of Sandersville High School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,087 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 26 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	180
Equipment and vehicle use	45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	38
Arson/incendiarism	26
Smoking	24
Misuse of fire by a minor	23
Natural	19
Recreation and ceremony	5

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 2018	Debris and open burning	6.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2019WASHINGTON004
7 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1996	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1993	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020WASHINGTON012
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sandersville High School: 4 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Butts Mine	Kaolin	Producer
Anglo-American Mill	Clay	Plant
Deepstep Mine	Clay	Producer
Main Processing Plant	Clay	Producer
Sandersville Operations	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

44 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandersville, the town this property stands in, in 44 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 27 thunderstorm wind, 17 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
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$150,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that straight-line winds of 60 to 70 mph affected a one to two mile wide area south of an EF0 tornado that tracked across north central and east central Washington county. The strong winds caused moderate damage to several structures just north of Sandersville and Davisboro.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$45,000	The Sandersville Fire Department and the county 911 center reported that several trees and power lines were down in the city. The public reported that a Chevron Gasoline Station sign had been blown down onto a vehicle. The Sandersville Progress newspaper of Washington county reported that thunderstorm winds blew a large tree down onto a home on Elizabeth Street in Sandersville, causing the roof on the back of the home to cave in.
September 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$35,000	The Washington County 911 Center reported that from 15 to 20 trees were blown down in the Sandersville area, near the county 911 center. Some businesses in Sandersville sustained at least minor damage from downed trees. In addition, a metal carport was blown over.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$10,000	Wind equipment at the University of Georgia mesonet site at Tennille recorded a wind gust of 58 mph. Several power lines were down east of Sandersville. In addition, the roof was blown off a barn east of Sandersville.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$7,000	The Washington County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and power lines were down around Sandersville from damaging thunderstorm downburst winds.
November 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$6,000	The Washington County 911 Center reported multiple trees down across the county.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$5,000	Several large trees, tree limbs and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds two miles east of Sandersville on Georgia Highway 24. Power outages to businesses and homes for an hour or less occurred in eastern parts of Sandersville.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$5,000	Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along Georgia Highways 15 and 24.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$3,000	Washington County 911 Center reported a tree down at the 500 block of King Street. Time estimated from radar.
January 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$2,500	Amateur radio operators reported numerous trees down in the Sandersville area. Power was out in some parts of town as well.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down on power lines on north and south side of town resulting in power outages.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$1,000	Public report of a tree down on Murphy St and Moye Dr.
November 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$1,000	The Washington County 911 Center reported that a few trees were down on Georgia Highway 15 on the north side of Sandersville and a few trees were also down in Tennille, including one which was down on Tennille Road.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$1,000	The Washington county 911 center reported that some more trees were blown down.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$1,000	The Washington county 911 center reported that three trees and one power line were blown down on Linton Road.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$1,000	The Washington county sheriff and the county 911 center reported that several trees were down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$1,000	The Washington County 911 center reported that several trees were blown down.
April 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds tore shingles from a roof just south of Sandersville.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$1,000	Several trees were downed on Georgia Highway 15 (southbound).
February 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$500	The Washington County Emergency Management Director reported that one tree was blown down onto a power line.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$500	The Washington county 911 center reported that two trees were down.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$500	Washington county 911 reported 3 to 4 trees knocked down by thunderstorms winds.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$500	Washington couty 911 reported trees blown down.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$500	Thunderstorm winds knocked numerous trees down on power lines.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$250	The Washington County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	$250	The Washington county 911 center reported that one tree was blown down.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville	-	Tree down at intersection of East McCarty St and N Hospital Rd.
May 2013	Hail	Sandersville	-	The public reported penny sized hail in Sandersville.
August 2007	Hail	Sandersville	-	The Washington County 911 Center reported nickel-sized hail in the far northern part of the county near the Hancock county line.
April 2007	Hail	Sandersville	-	The Washington County 911 Center reported penny to quarter-sized hail.
June 2006	Hail	Sandersville	-	The Washington County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail.
February 2005	Hail	Sandersville	-	The Washington County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail.
December 2005	Hail	Sandersville	-	The Washington County 911 Center reported half-dollar-sized hail.
December 2005	Hail	Sandersville	-	The Washington County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail.
December 2004	Hail	Sandersville	-	The Washington County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail.
May 2003	Hail	Sandersville	-	The Washington county Emergency Management Director reported nickel-sized hail.
May 2002	Hail	Sandersville	-	The Washington county 911 center reported that dime size hail was falling at their facility.
May 2002	Hail	Sandersville	-	The Washington county 911 center reported that dime size hail was yet again falling at their facility.
May 2001	Hail	Sandersville	-	The public reported nickel size hail.
May 1999	Hail	Sandersville	-	A spotter saw dime size hail.
May 1999	Hail	Sandersville	-	Washington county 911 reported quarter size hail.
April 1998	Hail	Sandersville	-	Dime and larger size hail was reported.
May 1997	Hail	Sandersville	-	no account filed
January 1996	Hail	Sandersville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington County

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 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
North Harris Street Historic District	0.4 miles	1989
Sandersville Commercial and Industrial District	0.6 miles	2002
Holt Brothers Banking Company Building	0.7 miles	1994
Washington County Courthouse	0.8 miles	1980
City Cemetery	0.9 miles	1987
James E. Johnson House	1.0 miles	1994

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100004745 in Record Group 79.
Washington County	All 20 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.