BlockFrom the record
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Bulloch County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
William W. Olliff Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The listing
- Listed as. Olliff, William W., Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. New Hope Rd., Register, 30452
- When was it listed? December 1987
- Category. building
- Census division. Register
- National Register reference number. 87002113 - 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
290 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of William W. Olliff Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 906 acres in total. 10 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 | 191 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
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 1997 | Natural | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Storms near this property
26 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Register, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Register | 4 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | $30,000 | A Bulloch county official reported grain bins damaged, a roof blown off a home and multiple trees down in Register, Georgia. |
| May 2010 | Lightning | Register | $10,000 | A Bulloch county official reported that lightning struck a clubhouse on Mike Brannen Road causing a fire. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Register | $10,000 | Several roads were washed out when over three inhes of rain fell in just over 1 hour. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | $5,000 | A billboard sign was snapped in half and many trees were reported down at the intersection of State Route 301 and Interstate 16. A Hotel door was also detached by the winds. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | $5,000 | A tree fell on a home. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | $2,000 | A fire department reported a tree down on a power line. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | $1,500 | The Bulloch county warning point reported several trees down in Register, Georgia. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | $1,000 | Large tree limbs were reported down on powerlines near the intersection of Interstate 16 and 301. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | $500 | Bulloch County warning point reported a tree down on Highway 46, one mile west of Register. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | $500 | A tree was reported down on Harvey Wilson Road. |
| August 2024 | Flood | Register | - | A social media video showed floodwater 2 to 3 feet deep entering several structures along the lake, including homes and boat houses. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | - | A Bulloch County emergency manager reported multiple trees down in Register, GA. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | - | Multiple trees were reported down near the intersection of Neville Dairy Road and Beasley Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | - | The Bulloch County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Kennedy Bridge Road. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | - | Bulloch County dispatch reported a tree down on power lines in the 2000 block of Cypress Lake Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | - | The Bulloch County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Highway 46. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Register | - | Penny size hail was reported by the public 3 miles north-northeast of Pulaski, Georgia. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | - | Numerous trees knocked down along half mile section of road near Route 46. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Register | - | Heavy rainfall flooded several roads including Routes 46 and 292. |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Register | - | A weak tornado knocked down trees in Bulloch county before moving into Candler county. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | - | Trees were knocked down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | - | Numerous trees and power lines were down. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Register | - | Numerous trees and powerlines down over the southern half of the county. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Register | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Register | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. John C. Nevil House | 3.9 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002113 in Record Group 79. |
| Bulloch County | All 24 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.