Silvertown Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.

From the record

One of 7 National Register listings published here for Upson County · listed in 2021 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Approx. 1 mile north of downtown along GA 19, Thomaston, 30286
When was it listed? April 2021
Category. district
Census division. Thomaston
National Register reference number. 100006336 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

524 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 524 fires within 5 miles of Silvertown Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,429 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 56 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	327
Arson/incendiarism	56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	38
Misuse of fire by a minor	36
Equipment and vehicle use	32
Recreation and ceremony	16
Natural	13
Smoking	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	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 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-UPSON-003
5 September 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-UPSON-011
4 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	1.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-UPSON-007
29 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020UPSON013

Every fire recorded in Upson County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Silvertown Historic District: 14 prospects, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
B S Gibson Prospects	Mica	Prospect
Bentley Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Corley Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Corley Prospects	Mica	Prospect
Cumbie Prospects	Mica	Prospect
Emmit Trice Prospect	Mica	Prospect
F M Thompson Property	Mica	Prospect
F.E.Thompson Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Grace Prospect	Mica	Prospect
J J Reeves Prospect	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Upson County

Storms near this property

60 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thomaston, the town this property stands in, in 82 storm reports between 1994 and 2014: 37 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 12 lightning, 3 flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	2 hurt, $15,000	One whole tree and several large limbs fell on power lines. A metal shelter attached to a nursing home was ripped off the building. Two nursing home employees were knocked down by the wind gust as it blew through the door.
March 2001	Lightning	Thomaston	1 hurt	The Upson County Sheriff's Department reported that a Sheriff's Deputy was struck by lightning while on duty at the scene of an accident on the Barnesville Highway, approximately 2 miles northeast of Thomaston. He was still conscious and alert, but reported tingling sensations in his extremities. He was transported to a local hospital.
March 2005	Lightning	Thomaston	$250,000	The Upson County Emergency Manager reported that two homes were struck by lightning. The roof of one home was set on fire and the home was completely destroyed. The other home suffered major damage.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$250,000	The Upson county 911 center, and the Thomaston newspaper reported that numerous trees were blown down causing major damage in the city. Several of the trees landed on homes and even some vehicles causing minor to moderate structural damage. Others brought down power lines, telephone lines, and cable TV lines.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$200,000	The Upson County 911 Center reported that a thunderstorm downburst resulted in one to two dozen trees being blown down in the Sunset Village area just north of Georgia Highway 74 along and west of Sunnyside Road. One home sustained considerable damage when several trees fell on the structure. A pool house was blown over on Lucille Drive and a flag pole was also bent over.
March 1996	Tornado (F1)	Thomaston	$200,000	no account filed
July 2008	Lightning	Thomaston	$150,000	The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck and set a house on fire just north of Thomaston.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$150,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down on houses between Thomaston and Crest. Six chicken houses and farm buildings were destroyed or damaged and several house roofs were damaged in the Yatesville area. The city of Yatesville lost power.
April 2003	Lightning	Thomaston	$100,000	The Thomaston Times reported that a chicken house was struck and completely destroyed by lightning, including 15,000 two-and-a-half-year-old chickens. The local power company determined that the lightning struck a power transformer behind the building and started a fire at every electrical outlet in the structure.
August 2008	Lightning	Thomaston	$50,000	The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported a structural fire as a result of a lightning strike. Specific damages were not provided.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$25,000	The AWOS, located four miles northeast of Thomaston, at the Thomaston-Upson County Airport recorded a wind gusts of 61 mph. The Upson County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down from the north side of Thomaston to Yatesville as thunderstorms with these wind gusts swept through the north ern and eastern part of the county.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$25,000	The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that a couple of trees were down on homes at two different locations, one in downtown Thomaston and another just southeast of Thomaston.
October 2002	Lightning	Thomaston	$25,000	The Thomaston Times reported that lightning struck an 85-year old home. The fire smoldered for about half-a-day, then ignited into flames. The house suffered moderate damage, but most of the contents were saved.
January 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$20,000	Upson county 911 reported a large tree down on a house on the north side of Thomaston. A newspaper clipping showed the house was knocked off its foundation and sustained roof damage. Several other trees were knocked down in Thomaston and across the county.
August 2003	Flash Flood	Thomaston	$15,000	The Upson county 911 center reported that persistent thunderstorms with heavy rain had resulted in considerable flooding in the Thomaston area. Eleven roads had to be closed because of flooding, and one remained closed for a few hours even after the rain had ended. Flood waters rose into several homes. Three homes had to be evacuated because of flooding in a low-lying area of the city. In addition, water was flowing over the dam of a small pond northwest of Thomaston, forcing the closure of the road below the dam.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$5,000	The public reported that a tree fell down on a mobile home.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$5,000	Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$3,000	The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that about 10 trees were down in the Thomaston area, mainly in the vicnity of Georgia Highway 74 and State Park Road. One tree was also down in the northern city limits of Thomaston. Pea-sized hail was observed by an amateur radio operator just within the southern city limits of Thomaston.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$3,000	Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$2,000	The Upson County 911 Center reported 6 trees down, some on power lines, in the vicinity of Thomaston.
July 2007	Lightning	Thomaston	$2,000	The Upson County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a tree and a transformer in the city. The transformer was blown and the tree fell down onto the roadway.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$2,000	The Upson county Emergency Management Office reported that several large oak trees were uprooted by thunderstorm winds in Thomaston. In addition, there were other reports of downed limbs in the area.
October 2002	Lightning	Thomaston	$2,000	The Upson county Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck and killed a horse.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$2,000	no account filed
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$1,000	The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that a couple of power lines were down on the west side of Thomaston.
May 2007	Lightning	Thomaston	$1,000	The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a home near Sunset Village or between Old Alabama Road and Jeff Davis Road. Only minor electrical damage was noted.
July 2005	Lightning	Thomaston	$1,000	The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck near a senior citizens center and caused $1,000 in damages to a deep freezer at the facility.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$1,000	The Upson county Emergency Management Director reported that several trees had been blown down.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$1,000	The Upson county Emergency Management Director reported that trees were blown down.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$1,000	Upson county 911 reported trees blown down by thunderstom winds.
July 2007	Lightning	Thomaston	$500	The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a home in town on Thurston Avenue. Minor damage was reported to the clothes dryer, where the lightning strike occurred.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	East Thomaston	$500	An amateur radio operator reported that one inch tree limbs were down in East Thomaston near the intersection of Georgia Highway 36 and Georgia Highway 74. Trees were reported down in Thomaston by the public.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$500	A storm spotter reported that a few trees were blown down.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$500	Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down south of Thomaston.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	$250	The Upson county 911 center reported that one tree was blown down on a road.
April 2011	Hail	Thomaston	-	The public observed penny-sized hail near Thomaston.
April 2011	Hail	Thomaston	-	An amateur radio operator relayed a report of penny-sized hail in the far western portion of Upson county, just north of Sprewell Bluff State Park. WSR-88D radar data suggests that hail of similar size likely fell across much of the county from this point east-northeast to the Lamar county line northeast of The Rock.
March 2011	Hail	Thomaston	-	Amateur radio operators relayed reports of quarter-sized hail from Thomaston to just east of Thomaston.
February 2010	Hail	Thomaston	-	The public reported penny-sized hail in the Thomaston area.
March 2010	Hail	Thomaston	-	The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that dime to nickel-sized hail covered the ground at many locations across the county from southwest of Thomaston to The Rock. The most significant reports of hail were received from the northeast part of the county between Thomaston and The Rock.
May 2009	Hail	Thomaston	-	The public observed penny-sized hail in Thomaston and on the south side of Thomaston at the Raintree Golf Course.
February 2008	Hail	Thomaston	-	The Upson County Emergency Management Director observed nickel-sized hail four miles east of Thomaston, while the public reported penny-sized hail in downtown Thomaston and pea-sized hail five miles southwest of Thomaston.
May 2008	Hail	Thomaston	-	The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported nickel-sized hail at the Thomaston-Upson county airport northeast of Thomaston. Radar supported that hail of penny to nickel-size likely fell from here east-southeastward toward Yatesville.
July 2008	Heavy Rain	Thomaston	-	The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that street flooding was observed around Thomaston. Two roads were flooded and closed as a result. Doppler radar rainfall estimates showed that three to four inches of rain fell on the west and northwest side of Thomaston between Thomaston and Pickard.
August 2008	Funnel Cloud	Thomaston	-	The public observed a funnel cloud just north-northeast of Thomaston. This funnel cloud was being observed from the same thunderstorm cell that spawned funnel clouds in southwest Upson county 20 minutes earlier.
July 2007	Hail	Thomaston	-	The public observed penny-sized hail.
June 2007	Hail	Thomaston	-	The Upson County Emergency Management Director observed quarter-sized hail in Thomaston. A storm spotter reported nickel-sized hail on the east side of Thomaston. The same spotter also estimated that wind gusts in the area were between 50 and 60 mph.
July 2006	Hail	Thomaston	-	Reports of hail, ranging in size from pennies to quarters, were received from the public in the Thomaston area. The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported nickel-sized hail from just southeast to 2 miles north of Thomaston.
March 2005	Hail	Thomaston	-	The Upson County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail.
March 2005	Hail	Thomaston	-	The public reported nickel-sized hail.
April 2005	Hail	Thomaston	-	The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported nickel-sized hail south of Thomaston, while the public reported penny-sized hail in Thomaston.
December 2005	Hail	Thomaston	-	The Upson County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail while the public reported penny-sized hail.
December 2005	Hail	Thomaston	-	The public reported quarter-sized hail.
March 2004	Hail	Thomaston	-	The public reported penny-sized hail.
August 2003	Hail	Thomaston	-	The Upson county 911 center reported penny-sized hail.
April 2002	Hail	Thomaston	-	The Upson county Emergency Management Director reported dime size hail.
June 2002	Lightning	Thomaston	-	Two structural fires caused by lightning. Damage was unknown and there were no injuries reported.
June 2002	Hail	Thomaston	-	An amateur radio operator reported dime size hail.
May 2002	Flood	Thomaston	-	The public reported street flooding. One reported indicated that 0.90 inch of rain fell in 20 minutes.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Thomaston	-	An amateur radio operator estimated winds of 60 to 65 mph.

Every storm recorded in Upson 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

5 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
John and Effie McDaniel House	1.2 miles	2021
W. A. Harp House	1.3 miles	1990
Upson County County Courthouse	1.3 miles	1980
Sydney Barron House	1.7 miles	1994
Rose Hill Mill and House	2.4 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100006336 in Record Group 79.
Upson County	All 7 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.