Tarver Plantation

Built in 1850 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

“The Tarver Plantation, also known as Tarva Plantation, located on Tarva Rd. north of Newton in Baker County, Georgia includes a plantation house built in about 1850. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.”
Wikipedia article Tarver Plantation, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Baker County · listed in 1989 · category: District · built in 1850, Greek Revival architecture.

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

The listing

Address. Tarva Rd./Co. Rt. 122, N of Newton, Newton, 31721
When was it listed? November 1989
Category. district
Census division. Newton
When was it built? 1850
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 89002037 - 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

68 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Tarver Plantation between 1994 and 2020, burning about 414 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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	46
Arson/incendiarism	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Natural	2

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
17 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2013	Debris and open burning	3.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-BAKER-001
16 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1999	Debris and open burning	18 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 2004	Arson/incendiarism	3.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 August 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 July 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-BAKER-001

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Storms near this property

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newton, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 6 deaths and 3 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
March 2007	Tornado (EF2)	Newton	6 killed, 3 hurt, $1,250,000	An EF-2 tornado touched down in rural Baker County west of Newton, then traveled rapidly northeast, and caused extensive damage to a mobile home park a mile north of Newton. Six people died and three were injured when their mobile homes were demolished by the tornado. A church was destroyed on State Highway 37 a few miles west of Newton. GEMA and FEMA damage assessments determined ten minor damaged homes, nine major damaged homes, and 18 destroyed homes. The tornado crossed into northern Mitchell County north of Baconton. A state of emergency was declared by the Governor.
April 2009	Flood	Newton	$500,000	Minor to moderate flooding along the Flint River flooded several homes. Highway 200 in Newton was closed. Water surrounded the courthouse and three vacant buildings. The river crested at 32 feet on April 5.
August 2008	Flash Flood	Newton	$150,000	Several roads and low lying areas were flooded, including portions of Newton, and State Highways 37 and 91.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$50,000	There was significant damage to trees and a few structures in the town of Newton. A survey determined that the damage was consistent with straight line winds near 85 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
January 2013	Tornado (EF0)	Newton	$15,000	A Baker county fire chief reported a damage swath starting near the intersection of Highway 200 and Highway 37 where a house sustained minor damage, extending northeastward around 1 mile through portions of Newton where trees were snapped or twisted. The damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado with winds of 70-80 mph and also corresponded to an area of rotation on radar. Monetary damage was estimated.
December 2019	Tornado (EF0)	Newton	$10,000	The initial touchdown occurred north of Church road in Baker county where several trees and large limbs were snapped. The tornado moved northeast near a mobile home which received roof damage and the entire structure was slid off its support roughly 3 feet, as well as damaged an irrigation pivot. The tornado dissipated just west of Coon Pond Road. Max winds were estimated at 70 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$5,000	Multiple trees were blown down along highway 37 with multiple trees and power lines down along Highway 200 near Newton. Monetary damage was estimated.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$4,000	Trees were blown down around the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$3,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$2,000	Trees and power lines were blown down.
December 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$2,000	Multiple trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$1,000	A tree was blown down on Coone Pond Road.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$1,000	A tree was blown down in Newton. Monetary damage was estimated.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$500	A tree was blown down onto Clear Lake Road.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$500	A few large trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds in Newton.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$500	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous tree limbs across county roads 8 miles east of Newton.
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$500	Mitchell Electric reported numerous trees were blown down onto powerlines along Georgia Highway 200 in Newton.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$100	no account filed
January 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Tree damage was reported in Newton including one large pine tree uprooted.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	A tree was blown down along Highway 91.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	A tree was blown down on Highway 37 about 3 miles from Newton.
February 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Scattered trees were blown down in Baker county.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked numerous large trees down along Georgia Highway 200.
April 2021	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed
September 1996	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baker 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

2 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Pine Bloom Plantation	2.0 miles	1990
	Baker County Courthouse	7.7 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 89002037 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Baker County	All 4 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.