Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
“Bleckley County Courthouse is the historic county courthouse of Bleckley County. It is located at Second Street on Courthouse Square in the county seat of Cochran.”
Wikipedia article Bleckley County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Bleckley County · listed in 1980 · 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 652 fires within 5 miles of Bleckley County Courthouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,812 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 16 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 | 478 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Smoking | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
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 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cochran, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 25 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $500,000 | The Bleckley county 911 center reported that a couple of cell phone towers were blown down. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $125,000 | The Bleckley County Emergency Management Director and Macon television stations reported extensive wind damage in the southern part of Bleckley county. Several dozen trees trees and many power lines were down, especially in the vicinity of Mac Thompson Road and Chicken Road. Structural damage was also observed. Some 20 to 25 homes sustained minor damage from downed trees. One mobile home sustained significant damage when a tree fell on the structure. A horse barn near the intersection of Mac Thomsron Road and Chicken Road collapsed during the strong winds. A horse inside was initially rescued from the fallen structure, but later died from injuries. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $50,000 | The public reported that 3 barns were severely damaged. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $20,000 | The Bleckley County Emergency Management Director reported that at least 30 medium size pine trees were either blown down or snapped in half in the Cochran area. Several center pivot irrigation units were turned over. A witness in Cochran noted the strong straight-line winds when his full-size Ford pickup truck was blown around. Several other trees and power lines were also down on Magnolia Road in northwest Bleckley county and in northeast Bleckley county on Cary Road. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $10,000 | The Bleckley County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down in the far southwest corner of the county, south of Cochran near the Dodge and Pulaski county lines. One barn also suffered significant damage. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $6,000 | The Bleckley County 911 Center reported numerous trees and power lines down across the county. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Cochran | $5,000 | The Bleckley County emergency manager reported widespread street flooding in the Cochran area due to heavy rain of 3 inches in less than 3 hours. Overflowing drainage branches and small streams caused flood waters to enter a garage of a home off of Ann Street. Highwater surrounded the concrete foundation and entered a crawl space of a home off Phillips Lane. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $4,000 | The Bleckley County 911 Center reported 4 power lines and several trees down. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $3,500 | Numerous trees were knocked down countywide by thunderstorm winds. Power outages resulted when tree limbs fell on power lines. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $3,000 | The Bleckley county 911 center reported that several trees and one power line were down. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $3,000 | An amateur radio operator reported 12 to 15 trees down on Macon highway, U.S. Highway 23/129. One tree was a pecan and the others were pines. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $3,000 | Structural damage to a home and barn resulted from thunderstorm winds. A car was also blown off the blocks it was resting on. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $2,000 | Em reports a couple trees down on the east side of cochran including along dyke st and frank cook rd. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $2,000 | The Bleckley County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down in the Cochran area. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $2,000 | The Bleckley county 911 center reported that a couple of power poles and a few trees were blown down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $1,000 | A storm spotter reported that six trees were down on Porter Road northwest of Cochran and one tree was down on U.S. Highway 129/Georgia Highway 26 southwest of Cochran. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Cochran | $1,000 | The public observed quarter to half dollar-sized hail in the far southern part of the county, south of Cochran, near the Dodge and Pulaski county lines. At least one vehicle was damaged as a result. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $1,000 | The Bleckley County Emergency Management Director reported that a few small trees were down across mainly the southern portion of the county. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down 5 to 7 trees in and near Cochran on county and city roads. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $500 | The Bleckley County Emergency Manager reported a couple of trees down in Cochran. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $500 | The Bleckley county 911 center reported trees down on Georgia Highway 26, Julia Simpson Road, and Peters Street in Cochran. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $500 | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | $100 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees onto power lines in the Rebie community. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | - | Tree uprooted along Fairfield Street near Clarendon Rd and Berkley Rd in East Cochran. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | - | Report of trees and powerlines down. Siding removed from High School Gym and Debris in road from local business. Along E Dykes St between Chester Rd and 9th St SE. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Cochran | - | The Bleckley County Emergency Management Director reported nickel to quarter-sized hail east of Cochran. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Cochran | - | The Bleckley County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail just southwest of Cochran. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Cochran | - | Macon television stations relayed reports of quarter-sized hail from southern Bleckley county, near Frazier. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Cochran | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail.| |
| December 2005 | Hail | Cochran | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Cochran | - | The Bleckley county 911 center reported dime size hail. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Cochran | - | The Bleckley county Sheriff's Deputy reported dime size hail. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Cochran | - | The Bleckley county 911 center reported quarter size hail. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Cochran | - | The Bleckley county EMA relayed numerous reports of hail ranging from pea to golfball size. |
| January 1995 | Hail | Cochran | - | Hail was reported in the Cary community. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cochran | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked numerous trees down county-wide. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Cochran | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Cochran | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cochran Municipal Building and School | under 500 feet | 2003 |
 | Hillcrest | 0.5 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80000975 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Bleckley County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
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