Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
One of 2 National Register listings published here for Montgomery County · listed in 2012 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 434 fires within 5 miles of Willie T. McArthur Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,237 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 72 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 | 220 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 72 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 57 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
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 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MONTGOMERY-009 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MONTGOMERY-008 |
| 28 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TOOMBS015 |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TOOMBS011 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ailey, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Hail | Ailey | $66,200 | Amateur Radio operators and the public reported golf ball sized hail east of Mount Vernon. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ailey | $65,000 | The Toombs County Regional 911 Center relayed a report of golf ball-sized hail from Montgomery county between Ailey and Higgston. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $20,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported a large barn had portions of its roof blown off and two trees were blown down at the Braddy Onion Farms on Highway 221 north of Mount Vernon. Dime size hail was also reported at this location. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $20,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down across the county, including at the intersection of McGregor Street and Broad Street in Ailey. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $8,000 | The Montgomery County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down around Ailey. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $6,000 | The Montgomery County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down from east of Mt. Vernon along Highway 280, south southeast to Fire Tower Road around Highway 221 and east of Uvalda near the intersection of Gibbs Bridge Road and Jones Road. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds uprooted several large trees and downed numerous power lines. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $1,000 | The Toombs County Regional 911 Center relayed a report from Montgomery county of three trees down, one of which was on McGregor-Austin Road. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ailey | $1,000 | The public reported that three to four trees were down on a county road north of Uvalde. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Ailey | - | The public reported quarter sized hail in Mt. Vernon. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Montgomery County Courthouse | 5.7 miles | 1980 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000382 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Montgomery County | All 2 listed properties in this county. |
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