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One of 13 National Register listings published here for Henry County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Henry County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: 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 140 fires within 5 miles of Crawford-Talmadge House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 589 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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 | 53 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-HENRY-001 |
| 2 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HENRY-009 |
| 1 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crawford-Talmadge House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madras Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hampton, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 23 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Hampton | $70,000,000 | A National Weather Service damage survey confirmed an F2 tornado, the strongest tornado of the evening associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy, touched down just a few hundred yards south of McDonough Street at the Atlanta Motor Speedway then traveled north-northwest passing just east of Lovejoy in Clayton county, then across the Edgar Blalock Raw Water Reservation, at which point it turned northwest and finally passed into Clayton county before lifting near Jodeco Road. The tornado center line crossed the western bank of the race track then across Tara Field just west of the race track. Damages to the Atlanta Motor Speedway, including several condominiums at the facility, and the Tara Field Airport just west of the Atlanta Motor Speedway were estimated at $40,000,000. Eleven planes and five vintage helicopters were heavily damaged at Tara Field. Nearby a Chevron auto service station was destroyed. Damage between these facilities and the Clayton county line was confined mainly to trees and power lines. The tornado had a path length of nine miles tracking across western Henry and a small portion of eastern Clayton county. The tornado initially had a path width of 1/2 mile, then narrowed as it moved north-northwest. It was determined that the tornado had winds of 120 mph. Electrical power was out in much of the county throughout the night as a result of the damage in the area. All together during the evening, 229 homes in the county had minor damage from thunderstorm winds and/or tornadoes, with 61 homes suffering major damage. In addition, the steeple at Kelly Chapel fell to the ground. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Hampton | $9,430,000 | The Henry County Emergency Manager, current and former National Weather Service Employees, and the public reported quarter to baseball sized hail in the second of two significant hailstorms across Henry County. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hampton | $2,250,000 | The public observed golf ball-sized hail near Hampton. WSR-88D radar data suggests that golf ball-sized hail was more likely observed near Luella and Locust Grove, with quarter-sized hail near Hampton. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Hampton | $1,400,000 | Several reports of large hail were received from the Henry County Emergency Management Director and the public in a swath across southern Henry county extending from just northwest of Hampton to southeast of Ola. Hail was reported to be the size of quarters near Hampton and quarters to golf balls from southwest of McDonough to southeast of Ola. Nickel sized-hail was reported when the storm first entered the northwest part of the county near Interstate-75 and Jodoco Road. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF3) | Hampton | $150,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the tornado, which originally touched down in northeast Meriwether county as an EF2 and then continued across western Spalding county as an EF3, moved into Henry county before lifting just across the Spalding/Henry county line, approximately 1/2 mile into the county or about two miles south of Hampton. The tornado briefly maintained its EF3 intensity as it entered Henry county. Only minor damage was observed within Henry county, mainly downed trees, power lines, and minor structural damage to a few buildings and trees, mainly along Hall View, Pamona, and Hedgewood Drive.||[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #11, County #3-3, EF3, Meriwether-Spalding-Henry, 2011:020]. |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Hampton | $150,000 | The Henry County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck and set on a fire a home on Dorsey Road. In addition, there was also a small brush fire in the northwest part of the county also started by lightning. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $100,000 | The public and an amateur radio operator reported widespread damage to trees and power lines throughout the county. Some of the worst damage was along and near Georgia Highway 20 between Hampton and McDonough. Portions of the highway were blocked and closed from downed trees. Several trees had fallen on and caused damage to homes in the area as well. Trees were also down in the Lakeview Subdivision on Mundy's Mill Road. In addition, a billboard was down on Interstate 75 between exits 218 and 221. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $40,000 | The Henry County 911 Center reported that at least seven trees were down within the county. Three of these trees were down on structures causing damage, while the other four were down on roads. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $30,000 | The public reported that at least five trees were down in the county. One was down on a home on Wynn Drive in the McDonough area. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $25,000 | The Henry County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and a couple of power lines were blown down across the county. Some structural damage was also observed in the western part of the county. A gas station steel awning was bent in half at the intersection of Racetrack Road and Georgia Highway 42 in McDonough. Amateur radio operators reported that a 50-foot tall radio tower was bent over near Hampton. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $10,000 | The Henry County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down in the Hampton area. Several trees were down on Georgia Highway 20 near Elm Street, a tree was down on a fence on Greenleaf Road just off Georgia Highway 3, shingles were off a home and several trees were either snapped in half or down in the Wall Street area, a number of trees were down on Dorsey Road at Georgia Highway 81, and one tree was also down near the intersection of Georgia Highway 81 and Stone Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $6,000 | Several trees were blown down from Hampton to Ola according to reports received from an off-duty National Weather Service employee and on social media. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $5,000 | The Henry County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the McDonough area. WSR-88D base velocity data suggests that strong thunderstorm outflow winds from Fayette county likely caused wind damage in other parts of Henry county, especially the southern half. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Hampton | $5,000 | The Henry County 911 Center reported that rainfall of six to eight inches in a 4 hour period, with localized amounts of eight to ten inches, had resulted in several road closures as a result of flooding and flash flooding across central Henry county, especially the McDonough area. Much of the flash flooding was a result of excessive runoff into the Towaliga River, Walnut Creek, Pates Crees, and Big Cotton Indian Creek. At 12:30 am EDT, just southwest of McDonough, Georgia Highway 20 was closed at McDonough Parkway because of flooding. At 1:45 am EDT, several lanes of Interstate-75 were closed at Exit 222 because of flooding. At 3:45 am EDT, Culpepper Road and Jonesboro Roads were blocked and closed as a result of flooding. Up to two feet of water was observed flowing across the road and a three foot mudslide was observed along Jonesboro Road. At 400 am EDT, two other roads were flooded, including Chambers Road and Mt. Carmel Road. A cooperative observer for FOX 5 Television of Atlanta relayed a report that 9 inches of rain had fallen at their residence in McDonough. This agreed well with radar storm total precipitation data.||No significant damages were observed or reported and no roads were washed out, only minor debris cleanup. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $5,000 | The Henry County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down onto a mobile home on East Jones Circle in the western part of the county. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $5,000 | An off duty airplane pilot (reported that wind gusts on the order of 60 mph, associated with a thunderstorm downburst or microburst, blew down more than six trees about two miles north of Hampton or about five miles northeast of Tara Field in western Henry county. The Henry County Emergency Management Director reported that the same, yet intensified, thunderstorm downburst blew down at least two dozen trees north of McDonough. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $5,000 | The public reported lots of trees down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $3,000 | Tree on house on James Street . |
| March 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $3,000 | The Henry County 911 center reported trees blown down from around the intersection of Steele Drive and North Hampton Drive to around the intersection of Sims Street and Lawrenceville Street. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $2,000 | The public reported some trees down and several shingles blown off the roof of a house. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $1,000 | Tree down on house near the intersection of Windsor pkwy and Kingston ct. |
| December 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $1,000 | The Henry County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees were down around Hampton and a couple more trees were down in the McDonough area. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $1,000 | An amateur radio operator reported that a tree was down across a road and a power lines near McCollum Road and Georgia Highway 54, near Hampton. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Hampton | $500 | The public reported dime to quarter size hail. A truck was damaged. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $300 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree east of Hampton and knocked power lines down in Hampton and McDonough. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $250 | The Henry County 911 Center reported that one tree was down on Panola Road. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | $200 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree east of Hampton and knocked power lines down in Hampton and McDonough. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton | - | Tree causing power lines down on Rocky Creek Rd in Hannahs Mill area of Upson. |
| February 2014 | Hail | Hampton | - | The public reported quarter sized hail in Hampton. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Hampton | - | The Henry County Emergency Management Director relayed a report of penny to nickel-sized hail in the extreme southwest part of the county just north of Hampton. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Hampton | - | An off duty National Weather Service employee observed penny-sized hail in the Hampton area. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Hampton | - | Numerous reports of quarter to half-dollar-sized hail were received from Henry county as a second thunderstorm tracked from the southwest corner of the county to the northeast corner of the county. An off-duty National Weather Service employee measured 1.25 inch diameter hail at the Atlanta FAA Air Traffic Control Center in Hampton, while the public observed penny, but mostly quarter to half-dollar-sized hail from Hampton, to McDonough, to east of Stockbridge. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Hampton | - | The public observed golf ball-sized hail in the Locust Grove area and penny-sized hail in the Hampton and Luella areas. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Hampton | - | An off duty airplane pilot observed penny-sized hail. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Hampton | - | An amateur radio operator reported penny size hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hampton | - | The public reported nickel size hail in Hampton and dime to nickel size hail in McDonough. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Hampton | - | An off duty NWS employee reported nickel size hail. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Hampton | - | The public reported quarter size hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Hampton | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Hampton | - | Dime to quarter sized hail was reported in Ellenwood. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Hampton | - | Golf ball-size hail reported in pilot report. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Hampton | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Hampton | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Hampton | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Hampton | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Hampton | - | no account filed |
| February 1993 | Hail | Hampton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Henderson Manufacturing Company | 4.0 miles | 2004 |
![]() | Hampton Depot | 4.0 miles | 1979 |
![]() | Smith Griffin House | 4.1 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80001091 in Record Group 79. |
| Henry County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |