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One of 25 National Register listings published here for Walton County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
James Berrien Upshaw House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Upshaw, James Berrien, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. US 78/GA 11, Between, 30656
- When was it listed? March 1986
- Category. building
- Census division. Loganville
- National Register reference number. 86000414 - 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
182 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of James Berrien Upshaw House between 1992 and 2017, burning about 388 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 31 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 | 91 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALTON-005 |
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-WALTON-001 |
| 19 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of James Berrien Upshaw House: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this property
13 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Between, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Between | $30,000 | The Walton County 911 center reported numerous trees and power pines blown down along the northwest side of Monroe, including along Double Springs Church Road, Bulldog Drive, Highway 78 near Troy Smith Road, and along Cedar Ridge Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Between | $6,000 | The Walton County 911 Center reported trees and power lines blown down at New Hope Church Road and Highway 78 in Between and at Nunnally Farm Road and Highway 138 west southwest of Monroe. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Between | $5,000 | Reports of trees down on Etchison Road. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Between | $5,000 | The Walton County 911 center reported several trees blown down from northwest of Monroe to north of Good Hope. Locations include Double Springs Church Road at New Hope Church Road and Snows Mill Road at Powers Road. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Between | $2,000 | Em reports two trees down along new hope church rd at ho hum hollow rd and hwy 78. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Between | $2,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree on powerlines on Tipperary Circle. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Between | $1,500 | The Walton County 911 Center reported that two trees and one power lines were down in the vicnity of Between. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Between | $1,000 | Powerlines down at the intersection of lowry road and bobway trail. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Between | $1,000 | Broadcast media relayed reports of a few trees down near Between, just east of Loganville. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Between | $1,000 | The public measured a wind gust of 64 mph on a home weather station. Three trees were blown down in the area. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Between | - | Report of a tree down near intersection of Nunnally farm Rd and Highgrove dr. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Between | - | Tree and powerlines down near intersection of HD Atha Rd and Youth Monroe Rd. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Between | - | Report of two trees down near intersection of Rowe Rd and Monroe Dr. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Marable Street Historic District | 5.5 miles | 1983 | |
| North Broad Street Historic District | 5.5 miles | 1983 | |
| Davis-Edwards House | 5.6 miles | 1973 | |
| McDaniel Street Historic District | 5.6 miles | 1983 | |
 | McDaniel-Tichenor House | 5.7 miles | 1980 |
 | Monroe Commercial Historic District | 5.7 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86000414 in Record Group 79. |
| Walton County | All 25 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- 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.