BlockFrom the record
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Taylor County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Ferdinand A. Ricks House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Ricks, Ferdinand A., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. S. Collins and E. Calhoun Sts., Reynolds, 31076
- When was it listed? June 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Reynolds
- Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
- Architect. Charles E. Choate
- National Register reference number. 82002482 - 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
185 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Ferdinand A. Ricks House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 726 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 19 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 | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TAYLOR-005 |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TAYLOR017 |
Storms near this property
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reynolds, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | $15,000 | The Taylor County Emergency Management Director reported that a thunderstorm downburst or microburst blew a roof and rollup door off a shop. Several large tree limbs were blown off trees in the area as well. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | $10,000 | Several reports of trees down and powerlines down in and around Reynolds. A carport was also destroyed by a new construction home. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Reynolds | $10,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that a weak tornado touched down near the intersection of State Highway 128 and Thomas Road. The EF-0 tornado with maximum winds around 80 MPH snapped and uprooted several trees, overturned a camper and destroyed a small shed along Thomas Road before crossing the Flint River into Crawford County. [04/01/16: Tornado #1, County #1-2, EF0, Taylor-Crawford, 2016:001]. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | $1,000 | Tree down at intersection of Harris Street and North Collins Street. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | $750 | The Taylor County Emergency Manager reported three trees down near Reynolds. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | $750 | The Taylor county 911 center reported that three trees were blown down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | $750 | Thunderstorm winds knocked numerous trees down on powerlines, resulting in power outages. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | $500 | The Taylor county 911 center reported that a few trees were down. |
| September 1997 | Hail | Reynolds | $500 | Quarter sized hail caused damage to a vehicle. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Reynolds | - | Emergency manager provided a picture of 2 inch hail from reynolds. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Reynolds | - | Broadcast media provided a photo of golf ball sized hail in reynolds. The location was estimated by radar. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Reynolds | - | Picture on social media of ping pong ball sized hail at the intersection of n crawford st and horry st. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | - | Tree down on house at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Harris Street. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | - | Report of tree down on Macon St at South Boundary St. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | - | Trees down, broken power poles on Crowell Church Rd near Hwy 128. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynolds | - | Tree and powerline down on South Oak Drive. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Reynolds | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Reynolds | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Reynolds | - | The Reynolds Police Department reported penny-sized hail. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Reynolds | - | The Taylor county 911 center reported golf ball size hail. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Reynolds | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Reynolds | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82002482 in Record Group 79. |
| Taylor County | All 5 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.
- 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.