BlockFrom the record
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Elbert County · listed in 1977 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Alexander-Cleveland House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
The listing
- Address. 3.5 mi. NE of Ruckersville, Ruckersville, 30635
- When was it listed? September 1977
- Category. building
- Census division. Coldwater
- National Register reference number. 77000423 - 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
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Alexander-Cleveland House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 255 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-ELBERT-004 |
| 13 September 2019 | Natural | 1.1 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 34 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Alexander-Cleveland House: 5 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Blue Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Cook Prospect | Gold | Unknown | 1908 | |
| Cook Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Crawford Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Daniel Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Heard Mine | Mica | Prospect | ||
| J M Skelton Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| New Bethel M E Church Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Ward Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this property
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ruckersville, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Ruckersville | $3,000 | This tornado blew down numerous trees and power lines in areas from highway 368, to Ruckersville, to Russell Lake. The most concentrated damage occurred near highway 368. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruckersville | - | Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines and causing an outage along Luther Burton Rd. |
| November 2017 | Hail | Ruckersville | - | Spotter reported half dollar size hail in the Ruckersville area. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Ruckersville | - | Spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruckersville | - | Russell State Park employee reported a couple of trees and large tree limbs blown down. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Ruckersville | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruckersville | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruckersville | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Ruckersville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruckersville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Ruckersville | - | no account filed |
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.
Listed places nearby
4 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rucker House | 3.4 miles | 1978 | |
| Ralph Gaines House | 4.2 miles | 1977 | |
| William Allen House | 6.2 miles | ||
| Ralph Banks Place | 7.6 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 77000423 in Record Group 79. |
| Elbert County | All 16 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.