Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
“The White Oak Creek Covered Bridge, near Alvaton, Georgia, was built in 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.”
Wikipedia article White Oak Creek Covered Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Meriwether County · listed in 1973 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of White Oak Creek Covered Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,072 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 22 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 | 120 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MERIWETHER003 |
| 21 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019PIKE001 |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MERIWETHER005 |
| 19 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alvaton, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2017: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Alvaton | $250,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that a second tornado touched down in northeast Meriwether county simultaneously while another EF2 tornado was tracking across the southern part of the county. Although this tornado was only EF2 strength during its small track across northeast Meriwether county, it strengthened to an EF3 rating shortly after entering Spalding county and continued at an EF3 rating until it just moved across the Henry county line near the ends of its track. The tornado touched down just south of Alvaton and just south of the intersection of Georgia Highways 74 and 362, then tracked northeast across western and northern Spalding county and into extreme southern Henry county before lifting. The tornado resulted in two deaths in western Spalding county near the town of Birdie. The tornado had a total path length of near 22 miles, with approximately 5.5 miles of this within northeast Meriwether county. The maximum path width was 1/2 mile with maximum winds estimated to be 140 mph. Damage in Meriwether county was confined primarily to several hundred downed trees, some power lines, and minor structural damage to outbuildings. There were no fatalities or injuries within Meriwether county from this tornado.||[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #11, County #1-3, EF3, Meriwether-Spalding-Henry, 2011:020]. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvaton | $1,000 | The Meriwether County 911 Center reported that four trees were down between Alvaton and Wooster involving Strickland, Alvaton, and Rocky Mountain Roads. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvaton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvaton | $500 | The Meriwether County 911 center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Highway 85 and Callaway Road. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvaton | $500 | The Meriwether county sheriff reported that two trees were blown down on a road. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvaton | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew trees down on power lines, resulting in power outages. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel Rural Historic District | 1.7 miles | 1998 | |
 | Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge | 7.7 miles | 1973 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73000627 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Meriwether County | All 24 listed properties in this county. |
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