Levi Ballard House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

One of 258 National Register listings published here for Fulton County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

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

The listing

Listed as. Ballard, Levi, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. U.S. 29 and GA 154, Palmetto, 30268
When was it listed? October 1980
Category. building
Census division. Palmetto
National Register reference number. 80001080 - 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

201 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Levi Ballard House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 843 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 42 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
Arson/incendiarism	42
Misuse of fire by a minor	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Recreation and ceremony	10
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Smoking	3
Natural	3
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
7 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2012	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-FULTON SOUTH-003
20 September 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2019FULTON SOUTH001
14 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-COWETA-001
3 August 1992	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 August 2011	Debris and open burning	24 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-COWETA-004
15 August 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Levi Ballard House: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Tyrone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Wilson Site	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this property

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palmetto, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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
February 2009	Hail	Palmetto	$700,000	The Fulton County Emergency Management Director relayed reports of large hail from extreme southern Fulton county near the Coweta and Fayette county lines. Penny-sized hail was reported in the Chattahoochee Hills area in the far southwest part of the county near the Carroll county line and golf ball-sized hail between Palmetto and Union City near the Fayette county line. The public observed penny-sized hail in the College Park area.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Palmetto	$250,000	The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that at least 50 trees were down across mainly the southern half of the county, especially in the Monroe Drive, Interstate-285, and Interstate-20 areas. At least one structure sustained damage in this area from downed trees. The public reported that another home in Palmetto suffered substantial damage when a large tree fell on structure. Three adjacent vehicles were also damaged substantially.
January 2006	Tornado (F2)	Palmetto	$250,000	A damage survey team from the National Weather Service in Peachtree City concluded that an F2 tornado had touched down just east of Palmetto in the far southern portion of Fulton county near the Coweta and Fayette county borders. The tornado touched down near Interstate-85 and U.S. Highway 29 east of Palmetto and then traveled east into extreme northwest Fayette county. The tornado was rated an F2 and traveled a path of seven miles, of which approximately four miles occurred within Fulton county. The maximum path width was 1/4 mile wide. Roof damage was observed to a number of homes along the path of the tornado. At least six homes east of Palmetto had sustained major damage with large trees down on the structures. Additionally, a number of trees were down along the path along with several power lines. Specifically, the tornado began around 8225 Tatum Road. Numerous trees were down in this area and several homes had sustained roof damage. The chimney was destroyed on one home. The tornado then continued across the intersection of Johnson and Tatum Road to Gullatt Road. Several homes in this area had sustained roof damage and in fact, one home had completely lost its roof. Numerous trees were either uprooted or snapped off along the path and several power lines were down as well. From this point, the tornado traveled toward the intersection of Bohannon and Kirkley Roads. Damage in this section was less extensive with just minor roof damage and only a few trees uprooted or down in the area. The tornado then crossed into Fayette county.
January 2006	Hail	Palmetto	$250,000	The public reported two inch diameter hail in Palmetto and penny-sized hail in Fairburn. The Union City police reported quarter-sized hail in Union City. Finally, the public reported penny-sized hail in College Park.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Palmetto	$20,000	The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that from 50 to 100 trees were blown down along Hutcheson Ferry Road between Hearne and Rico Road west of Palmetto in south Fulton county.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Palmetto	$3,000	The Fulton County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the Palmetto area. A few shingles were also blown off a roof in North Fulton county in the Alpharetta area, but no other tree or structural damage was noted in that area at this time.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Palmetto	$3,000	The Fulton County 911 Center reported that five to six trees were blown down in the Palmetto area. The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that two more trees were down two to three miles west to northwest of Fairburn and another tree was down two miles west of College Park.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Palmetto	$1,000	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Palmetto	-	A report of quarter sized hail 2 miles west of Palmetto was received on social media.
March 2008	Hail	Palmetto	-	The public reported that penny-sized hail fell for up to 15 minutes in the Palmetto area.
April 2005	Hail	Palmetto	-	The public reported penny to quarter-sized hail. The hail lasted from six to eight minutes.
June 2005	Hail	Palmetto	-	The public reported quarter-sized hail at the intersection of Cedar Grove Road and Georgia Highway 154, with penny-sized hail four miles north of Palmetto along Georgia Highway 154.
July 2003	Heavy Rain	Palmetto	-	An amateur radio operator reported that heavy rain resulted in flooding of U.S. Highway 29 in Palmetto.
May 1998	Hail	Palmetto	-	The public reported quarter size hail.
May 1998	Hail	Palmetto	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Thomas P. Arnold House	1.4 miles	1984
Fairburn Commercial Historic District	5.3 miles	1988
Campbell County Courthouse	5.4 miles	1976

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80001080 in Record Group 79.
Fulton County	All 258 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.