BlockFrom the record
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Chattooga County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Sardis Baptist Church
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. GA 114, jct. of GA 114 and Sardis Church Rd., Chattoogaville, 30730
- When was it listed? August 1997
- Category. building
- Census division. Lyerly
- National Register reference number. 97000862 - 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
487 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 487 fires within 5 miles of Sardis Baptist Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,479 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 311 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 311 |
| Debris and open burning | 133 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-15 |
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CHATTOOGA-017 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Sardis Baptist Church: 8 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown, Mills Creek Area | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
9 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chattoogaville, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 2009 | Hail | Chattoogaville | $100,000 | A CoCoRAHS spotter observed 2.0 inch diameter hail near Lyerly. The Chattooga County Emergency Management Director reported golf ball-sized hail in the far southern part of the county around Chattoogaville. This hail occurred from a separate thunderstorm from the one that spawned a tornado just southeast of Summerville and also dropped penny to quarter-sized hail across the northern part of the county. |
| September 2009 | Flood | Chattoogaville | $20,000 | The Chattooga County Emergency Management Director reported that flooding continued across much of the county. However, additional monetary damage during this time frame was estimated to be near $20,000. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chattoogaville | $12,000 | The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported 8-10 trees blown down and a few outbuildings damaged west of Lyerly in far western Chattooga County along Oak Hill Road from near the Alabama state line to just past Josh Ward Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chattoogaville | $2,000 | The Chattooga County Emergency Management Director reported that at least six trees were down across the county. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chattoogaville | $250 | The Chattooga County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Chattoogaville | - | The Emergency Manager reported the flooding of Sardis Church Road due to high water from the nearby Spring Branch. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 6 inches, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Chattoogaville | - | The Emergency Manager reported water over Price Bridge Road from the Chattooga River. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 6 inches, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Chattoogaville | - | The Emergency Manager reported Sardis Church Road closed due to high water from Spring Branch. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall of 4 to 6 inches occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Chattoogaville | - | The public observed penny-sized hail in Chattoogaville and Lyerly. |
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97000862 in Record Group 79. |
| Chattooga County | All 8 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.