Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
“Phillips Log Cabin is a historic site near Hogansville, Georgia, located in Meriwether County. The original log cabin is no longer standing.”
Wikipedia article William D. Phillips Log Cabin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Meriwether County · listed in 1982 · 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 197 fires within 5 miles of William D. Phillips Log Cabin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 876 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 27 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 | 97 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-TROUP-010 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TROUP-003 |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-TROUP-001 |
| 19 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-TROUP-001 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of William D. Phillips Log Cabin: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Oak/Post/Wilkes | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Post | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Wilkes | Gold | Prospect | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lone Oak Academy | 2.8 miles | 2002 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82002454 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Meriwether County | All 24 listed properties in this county. |
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