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Chatahoochee County Jail

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Chattahoochee County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Mt. Olive and Boyd Sts., Cusseta, 31805
  • When was it listed? March 1986
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Cusseta
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 86000368 - 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

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Chatahoochee County Jail between 1992 and 2020, burning about 886 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 36 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 burning77
Arson/incendiarism36
Railroad operations and maintenance35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural5

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2005Debris and open burning10 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Debris and open burning6.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020CHATTAHOOCHEE001
20 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019CHATTAHOOCHEE001
16 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Debris and open burning2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Chattahoochee County

Storms near this property

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cusseta, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 16 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 lightning, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010HailCusseta$30,000The Chattahoochee County Emergency Management Director reported golf ball-sized hail just east of Cusseta. The public observed nickel-sized hail in Cusseta.
November 2014Tornado (EF1)Cusseta$25,000A NWS storm survey team found that an EF-1 tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 107 MPH, touched down in Chattahoochee County around the town of Cusseta along U.S. Highway 27. The tornado tracked northeast around 18 miles mile before crossing into Marion County near County Road 65 and Little Juniper Creek. The tornado caused mainly damage to trees with numerous hardwood and softwood trees snapped or uprooted. [11/23/14: Tornado #3, County #1-3, EF1, Chattahoochee-Marion-Talbot, 2014:020].
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCusseta$10,000Dispatch reported multiple trees and power lines down between the 15th mile marker along Hwy 520 and Missouri River Road, just south of Cusseta.
July 2017Flash FloodCusseta$5,000Emergency Manager reported a dirt road washed out as a result of runoff from heavy rain. Radar estimates indicate rainfall amounts of 4 to 5 inches in the area, with locally higher amounts possible.
June 2007LightningCusseta$5,000The Columbus Ledger/Inquirer reported that lightning struck a tree along U.S. Highway 280 in the Old Louvale Road section of town. The lightning strike traveled through the ground and blew up part of an adjacent water main.
February 1993Thunderstorm WindCusseta$5,000Several large trees were downed on Georgia Highway 26.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCusseta$4,000The Chattahoochee County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down along Broad Street in the Cusseta area.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCusseta$4,000Trees and power lines were down in Cusseta.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindCusseta$3,000The Chattahoochee County Emergency Management Director reported that 10 to 15 trees were down scattered about the county, but primarily across the east and southeast part of the county between Cusseta and Renfroe.
January 2009Thunderstorm WindCusseta$2,000The Chattahoochee County 911 Center reported that numerous trees were down on Fire Tower Road east of Cusseta and about six trees were down on Georgia Highway 26 east of Cusseta near mile marker number eight.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindCusseta$2,000The public and the Chattahoochee County Sheriff's Department reported that around six trees were down in the Cusseta area along U.S. Highway 27, Georgia Highway 520, and at least one private residence.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindCusseta$2,000The Cusseta Police Department reported power lines were blown down, causing power outages.
November 1997HailCusseta$2,000no account filed
January 2013Thunderstorm WindCusseta$1,500Cusseta Police reported several trees down along Highways 26 and 520.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCusseta$1,500The Chattahoochee county 911 center reported two trees down on U.S. Highway 27.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindCusseta$1,000The Chattahoochee County 911 center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Old Louvale Road and Jamestown Road in Cusseta.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindCusseta$1,000The Chattahoochee County 911 Center reported a tree blown down onto Miller Road in Cusseta.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCusseta$1,000The Chattahoochee County Emergency Management Director reported that two trees and were down near Firetower Road. Phone lines were also down along Firetower Road.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindCusseta$1,000The Chattahoochee county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down along Georgia Highway 26 just north of Cusseta.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCusseta$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew several large trees down in the downtown area along Georgia Highway 520. Some of the trees fell on power lines, resulting in power outages.
May 2009HailCusseta-The public observed penny-sized hail just southeast of Cusseta.
May 2008HailCusseta-The Chattahoochee County 911 Center reported nickel-sized hail.
March 2006HailCusseta-The Chattahoochee County Emergency Management Director observed golf ball-sized hail at his home.
May 2006HailCusseta-The Chattahoochee County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail in the Cusseta area. Radar supported hail that large or larger throughout the southern half of the county.
April 2005HailCusseta-The Chattahoochee County Sheriff's Office reported penny-sized hail.
May 2005HailCusseta-The Chattahoochee County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail.
July 2003HailCusseta-The public reported quarter-sized hail while the Chattahoochee county 911 center reported penny-sized hail.
July 2002HailCusseta-The Chattahoochee county 911 center reported dime size hail.
June 2000HailCusseta-The Chattahoochee county 911 center reported dime size hail.
May 1999HailCusseta-Dime size hail was reported in Cusseta.
March 1993Thunderstorm WindCusseta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chattahoochee 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

1 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Cusseta Industrial High School0.4 miles2011

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86000368 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Chattahoochee CountyAll 3 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.