Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
“The Freeman-Hurt House near Oakman, Georgia is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The property includes five contributing buildings.”
Wikipedia article Freeman-Hurt House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Gordon County · listed in 1976 · 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 263 fires within 5 miles of Freeman-Hurt House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,557 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 100 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 | 102 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 100 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 7.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CHICKEN CREEK |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GORDON-015 |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GORDON-016 |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakman, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2006: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Oakman | $50,000 | The Gordon county 911 center reported that a number of roads across the eastern portion of the county were flooded and impassable. Rainfall of three to seven inches in a three hour or less period had occurred. Water was flowing over U.S. 411 at Oakman. One road in the eastern portion of the county was completely washed out. One person had to be rescued from flood waters in the eastern portion of the county. Lick Creek, Redbud Creek, and Dry Creek all quickly rose into flood stage. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakman | $5,000 | The Gordon county 911 center reported that several trees were down near the Murray county line, just east of Petersburg, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 411 and Georgia Highway 136. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakman | $5,000 | The Gordon county 911 center reported that a number of trees were down across the eastern portion of the county. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Oakman | - | The Oakman Post Office reported several waves of penny-sized hail. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Oakman | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Oakman | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Oakman | - | Numerous reports of hail were received from the public in several areas of the county. The public reported golf ball-sized hail in Fairmount, quarter-sized hail in Calhoun and southwest of Calhoun, with penny-sized hail east of Calhoun, southwest of Calhoun and just east of Petersburg. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Oakman | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail at the intersection of U.S. Highway 411 and Red Bud Road in the Colima community, south of Oakman. Street flooding was also reported in this area. |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76000636 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Gordon County | All 5 listed properties in this county. |
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