Francis Plantation

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

From the record

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. SE of Davisboro on SR 2189, Davisboro, 30413
When was it listed? July 1975
Category. building
Census division. Davisboro
Architectural style. Victorian architecture
National Register reference number. 75000616 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Francis Plantation between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,382 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 14 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	103
Natural	25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Arson/incendiarism	14
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Smoking	9
Recreation and ceremony	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2019WASHINGTON005
9 September 2017	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-WASHINGTON-001
5 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1995	Debris and open burning	4.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2010	Debris and open burning	3.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-WASHINGTON-012

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Francis Plantation: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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
	Taylor Mine	Kaolin	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davisboro, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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
September 2020	Flash Flood	Davisboro	$75,000	The Department of Transportation reported significant flooding impacts from high water conditions on Williamson Swamp Creek in Davisboro. Roughtly a dozen homes on State Route 231 were surrounded or inundated with water on the southwest side of town. The USGS river gauge reported a crest of 14.66 feet, less than half a foot from Major Flood Stage. Radar estimates indicate that 8 to 10 inches of rain quickly fell over the area, resulting in the rapidly evolving flooding.
May 2006	Hail	Davisboro	$10,000	A deputy with the Washington County Sheriff's Office observed golf ball-sized hail northeast of Davisboro near the Jefferson county line.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Davisboro	$5,000	The Washington County 911 Center reported numerous trees and power lines down across the county.
May 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Davisboro	$2,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia concluded that a brief EF0 tornado touched down 1.5 miles northwest of Davisboro and traveled southeast on the ground for approximately one mile before lifting 0.5 miles northwest of Davisboro. The tornado had a maximum path width of 50 yards with maximum estimated wind speeds of 70 to 80 mph. Several trees were blown down along the path of the tornado, but no structural damage was observed or reported.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Davisboro	$1,000	Tree reported down in Davisboro, near Breezy Hill Rd and E St.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Davisboro	$1,000	Tree reported down on power lines on Steel Creek Rd.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Davisboro	$1,000	The Washington County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down in Davisboro.
April 2009	Flood	Davisboro	$1,000	The USGS gage on William Swamp Creek at Davisboro reached its flood stage of 10.0 feet at 400 pm EDT on April 3rd. The creek remained above flood stage until 330 pm EDT that day. The creek crested at 10.24 feet at 930 am EDT on April 3rd. Minor flooding of woodland and fields along the creek were observed. Damage was confined to minor debris removal.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Davisboro	-	A few trees down near the intersection of Harrison-Davisboro Rd and Brown Circle.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Davisboro	-	Multiple trees and powerlines down in the town of Davisboro.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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 record	The nomination case file for reference 75000616 in Record Group 79.
Washington County	All 20 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.