Girard Elementary School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.

From the record

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Burke County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
Address. 9691 GA 23 South, Girard, 30426
When was it listed? July 2021
Category. building
Census division. Girard
National Register reference number. 100006735 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

231 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Girard Elementary School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,813 acres in total. 8 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	128
Arson/incendiarism	66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Natural	8
Smoking	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	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
29 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	4.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-BURKE-007
29 September 2013	Debris and open burning	13 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-BURKE-004
29 September 1993	Debris and open burning	6.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	7.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1992	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1996	Debris and open burning	2.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2001	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-BURKE-006

Every fire recorded in Burke County

Storms near this property

23 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Girard, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	1 hurt	EM reported roof torn off trailer, trees down, and a shed blown onto a vehicle slightly injuring one person on River rd.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	$6,000	DOT reported several trees down around the Gerard area.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees, some of which fell on power lines, causing power outages.
March 2025	Tornado (EF0)	Girard	-	A National Weather Service storm survey determined that one of two close proximity EF-0 tornadoes touched down east of Girard, GA with peak wind speeds of 80 mph. The northernmost tornado began near the intersection of Stoney Bluff Road and Thankful Church Road where it snapped several pine trees. The tornado then continued northeast into an inaccessible heavily wooded area, before snapping additional pine trees along River Road. Given a lack of access, this tornado is assumed to have dissipated just prior to reaching the Savannah River.
March 2025	Tornado (EF0)	Girard	-	National Weather Service storm survey determined one of two close proximity tornadoes touched down east Girard. The southern most of these two tornadoes began along Royal Road just north of Stoney Bluff Road causing minor tree damage. Moving northeast, the tornado caused shingle damage to a residence followed by additional tree damage along Royal Road. Given a lack of access, this tornado is assumed to have dissipated just prior to reaching the Savannah River.
January 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	Several trees were downed on Creek Rd partially blocking the road.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	Plant Vogtle employees reported several trees fell on the power plant property near the Savannah River.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	Burke Co dispatch reported a tree down in Girard. Time estimated.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	Numerous trees were downed in Girard. Time estimated.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	Tree down on Millhouse Rd between Sardis and Girard. Time estimated.
May 2016	Hail	Girard	-	Reported dime to penny size hail on Griffin Landing Road.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	Reported trees and power lines down at Claxton Road, Buck Lane and Creek Road in the Girard area.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	Sheriff Dispatch reported trees down along River Road.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	Sheriff Dispatch reported trees down on Vine Road near Girard.
May 2008	Hail	Girard	-	Fire department reported golf ball size hail.
May 2008	Hail	Girard	-	Fire department reported nickel size hail.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	DOT reported several trees down in the Girard to Sardis area on secondary roads.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	Girard Fire Dept. reported trees down on Millhaven and Stoney Bluff roads.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	Highway Dept. reported a couple of trees down on Claxton road near Girard.
December 2005	Hail	Girard	-	Public reported nickel size hail.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	Highway dept. and Post Office reported trees down in Girard out to 8 miles east of Girard to the county line.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	Highway Dept reported some trees down on Vine road near Girard.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Girard	-	Post Office reported trees down on Sweetwater road.

Every storm recorded in Burke 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

2 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.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	McCanaan Missionary Baptist Church and Cemetery	5.1 miles	2001
	Sapp Plantation	6.1 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100006735 in Record Group 79.
Burke County	All 9 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.