Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
“Ashland Farm in Walker County, Georgia, in Flintstone, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.”
Wikipedia article Ashland Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Walker County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.
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 343 fires within 5 miles of Ashland Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,188 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 107 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 | 152 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 107 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DADE-009 |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALKER-016 |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALKER-014 |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Ashland Farm: 7 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gillum Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Tiftonia Plant Pit No. 395 | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Alton Park Tract | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Chatanooga Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| General Shale Georgia Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Alton Park Tract | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1952 | |
| Dave L Brown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rossville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tiftonia Plant & Quarry Pit #395 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rossville, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1997 and 2011: 13 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 2006 | Hail | Rossville | $200,000 | A former National Weather Service employee measured quarter-sized hail while the public reported golf ball-sized hail. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | $10,000 | The Walker county 911 center reported several trees and some power lines down. Most of the damage was concentrated in the Chickamauga area and just east of Chickamauga near the Catoosa county line along U.S. Highway 27. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | $5,000 | The Walker County Emergency Management Director reported that over a dozen trees were down between Chickamauga and Rock Spring. Power lines were also down in the Rossville area. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees and power lines down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | $1,000 | The Walker county 911 center reported some trees down on Lytle Road. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | $500 | The Walker County 911 center reported that a couple of trees were blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | $250 | The Walker County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down onto a secondary road. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Rossville | - | The Walker County Emergency Management Director and the Walker County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail in Rossville, Chickamauga, and southeast of Chickamauga. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Rossville | - | The Walker County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail from the Rossville area. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Rossville | - | The public observed nickel-sized hail in the Rossville area. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rossville | - | The Walker County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail from north of La Fayette to La Fayette. The public reported penny-sized hail in Rossville. Other reports of pea-sized hail were received from the northern part of the county. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Rossville | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail near the Tennessee state line. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Rossville | - | The Walker County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail in the Rossville area toward Fort Oglethorpe in Catoosa county. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Rossville | - | The public and an amateur radio operator reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Rossville | - | The public reported that nickel-sized hail covered the ground. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville | - | The Walker county 911 center reported pea size hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Rossville | - | The public reported quarter size hail. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Rossville | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Rossville | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Rossville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Rock City Gardens | 1.4 miles | 2014 |
| Lookout Mountain Fairyland Club | 1.4 miles | 1990 | |
 | John Ross House | 3.7 miles | 1973 |
 | US Post Office-Rossville Main | 3.9 miles | 1986 |
 | Chickamauga Coal and Iron Company Coke Ovens | 5.8 miles | 2009 |
 | Gordon-Lee House | 6.5 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73000646 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Walker County | All 16 listed properties in this county. |
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