BlockFrom the record
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Barrow County · listed in 1984 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Russell Homeplace Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The listing
- Address. US 29, Russell, 30680
- When was it listed? September 1984
- Category. district
- Census division. Winder
- National Register reference number. 84000890 - 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
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Russell Homeplace Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 6 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 | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BARROW-002 |
| 17 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 3.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Storms near this property
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Russell, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2021: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Russell | $20,000 | The Barrow County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down and damage to a home near the intersection of Ode Peppers Road and Jackson Trail. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Russell | - | The Barrow County Emergency Manager relayed several reports of quarter to ping pong ball size hail in the Winder area. |
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
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Winder Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 1.4 miles | 1994 | |
| Jackson Street Commercial Historic District | 1.4 miles | 1984 | |
| Downtown Winder Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 1.4 miles | 1994 | |
 | Winder Depot | 1.5 miles | 1979 |
 | Barrow County Courthouse | 1.5 miles | 1980 |
| Broad Street Commercial Historic District | 1.5 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84000890 in Record Group 79. |
| Barrow County | All 17 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.