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Hahira Commercial Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.

From the record

One of 18 National Register listings published here for Lowndes County · listed in 2022 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

426 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 426 fires within 5 miles of Hahira Commercial Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,376 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 52 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 burning266
Equipment and vehicle use61
Arson/incendiarism52
Smoking15
Natural11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-LOWNDES-007
9 September 2002Debris and open burning3.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LOWNDES-011
8 September 2007Debris and open burning23 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2018Natural1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019LOWNDES004
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Lowndes County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hahira Commercial Historic District: 1 producer. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lowndes County

Storms near this property

48 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hahira, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 38 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHahira$100,000Straight-line winds downed utility poles, which left 80 percent of the town without power for several hours including city hall. There were reports of downed trees on some homes and vehicles.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindHahira$50,000The Colquitt Electric Membership Corporation reported numerous power poles and power lines down through portions of Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, and Lowndes counties.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHahira$25,000A large tree fell on an apartment complex, which required the evacuation of several residents.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHahira$25,000A barn was destroyed just south of Hahira.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHahira$10,000A tree was blown down on a house near Hahira. There were also other reports of downed trees on power lines and roads in the area.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHahira$10,000Numerous trees and power lines were down across much of the county.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHahira$8,000Four trees were blown down around Hahira including one tree on a house. Some power lines were blown down as well. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHahira$5,000A tree fell and took out a fence and power lines.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindHahira$5,000A tree blew down and damaged a bridge near the intersection of Chancy Drive and Old Highway 41 North.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHahira$3,000Several trees and power lines were blown down around Hahira. Monetary damage was estimated.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindHahira$2,000Power lines were blown down in the northern part of Lowndes county.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHahira$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line at 5100 Fiveash Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHahira$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line near Coppage Road and Skipper Bridge Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHahira$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down across the northern portions of Lowndes county.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHahira$2,000Power lines were blown down at 5600 Thompson Road in Hahira.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHahira$2,000A tree was blown down along with power lines down on Stanfill Street.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindHahira$2,000Several trees and power lines were down.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindHahira$1,000A tree and line were blown down in Hahira.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHahira$1,000A power line was blown down on Old Highway 41 near Hall Road.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindHahira$1,000A large tree was blown down in Hahira. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHahira-A tree was down off of Boyette Road.
April 2024Flash FloodHahira-Flooding was reported at SR122 and Boys Ranch Road with all lanes closed.
July 2024Flash FloodHahira-Flooding was reported on roads and into yards and nearing some structures in Hahira.
July 2024Flash FloodHahira-Flooding was reported on SR-122 eastbound at Hagan Bridge Road with the right lane blocked.
August 2024Flash FloodHahira-Flooding was reported at Highway 122 East and Boys Ranch Road.
February 2023Flash FloodHahira-Flooding was reported near Val Del Road and Bishop Lane.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHahira-A tree was blown down in the Hahira area.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHahira-A tree was blown down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHahira-Trees were blown down.
August 2022Flash FloodHahira-Pictures of flooding were posted on social media between Hahira and Valdosta. In addition, 2.48 inches of rain was measured in just 30 minutes.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindHahira-There were a total of 31 calls to report trees down, primarily in the north end of the county north of exit 22 on I-75.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindHahira-A tree was blown down at Val Del Road and Coppage Road.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindHahira-A tree was blown down on Bethany Drive near Highway 41 North.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHahira-A few trees were blown down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHahira-Several trees were blown down in the northern part of Lowndes County.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHahira-A tree was blown down in the 5700 block of Old U.S. Highway 41.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHahira-A tree was blown down along Bethany Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHahira-A tree was blown down near Val Del Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHahira-Several large trees were blown down in the Bethany Hills neighborhood off Valdel Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHahira-A tree was blown down near Skipper Bridge Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHahira-A couple of trees were blown down across northern Lowndes county.
May 2012HailHahira-Quarter size hail was reported in Hahira.
March 2012Heavy RainHahira-A 24 hour total of 4.76 inches was measured at GA-LW-1.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindHahira-A few trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 41 South.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindHahira-A few downed trees blocked the intersection of Union and Hall Roads.
February 2008HailHahira-Nickel size hail was reported.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindHahira-A few trees were blown down.
May 2022HailHahira-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lowndes 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100006746 in Record Group 79.
Lowndes CountyAll 18 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.