BlockFrom the record
One of 51 National Register listings published here for Richmond County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Liberty Methodist Church
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 2040 Liberty Church Rd., Hephzibah, 30815
- When was it listed? November 1997
- Category. building
- Census division. Hephzibah
- National Register reference number. 97001330 - 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
444 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 444 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Methodist Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,532 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 210 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 | 210 |
| Debris and open burning | 136 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-RICHMOND-002 |
| 6 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020RICHMOND005 |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-RICHMOND-012 |
| 5 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-RICHMOND-014 |
| 28 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Liberty Methodist Church: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Kaolin Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Highway 56 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Karleen Road Pit Vb James Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Knox-Rivers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hephzibah, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hephzibah | $84,000 | Tree on home on Holden Street with 8 people inside and no injuries. Numerous trees and powerlines down in the area. |
| November 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Hephzibah | $10,000 | WRDW reported a tornado touchdown near Hephzibah taking down trees in rural areas east of Hephzibah. Photo attached. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hephzibah | $5,000 | Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along Georgia Highway 88 in Hephzibah. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hephzibah | $4,000 | Richmond County DOT reported trees down on Windsor Spring Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hephzibah | $3,000 | Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down in the Hepzibah area. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hephzibah | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hephzibah | $2,000 | Sheriff reported a few trees down on Hwy 56. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hephzibah | $600 | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees and powerlines down. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Hephzibah | $100 | Pea size hail reported near Hephzibah. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hephzibah | - | Public report of multiple trees down along Winter Ave. A personal weather station at the location measured a 59 MPH peak wind gust. Time estimated. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Hephzibah | - | Public reported quarter size hail in Hephzibah. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hephzibah | - | Public reported quarter size hail just southwest of Hephzibah. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hephzibah | - | Quarter size hail reported by public in the Hephzibah area. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Hephzibah | - | SKYWARN spotter reported golf ball size hail in Hephzibah and the Spanish Terrace subdivision. |
| February 2007 | Hail | Hephzibah | - | SKYWARN spotter reported golf ball size hail. |
| February 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hephzibah | - | Public reported large limbs down on Dean Bridge Road. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hephzibah | - | TV stations reported trees down across the county. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Hephzibah | - | Postal carrier reported penny size hail on route north of town. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Hephzibah | - | Public called in a report of 3/4 inch hail. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Hephzibah | - | SKYWARN spotter reported nickel size hail in the Hephzibah area. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hephzibah | - | Public reported golf ball size hail. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Hephzibah | - | WAGT TV and others reported a small tornado touchdown at Point South golf course taking down several trees. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hephzibah | - | Sheriff reported trees down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hephzibah | - | Public reported trees down. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hephzibah | - | Public reported dime size hail. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hephzibah | - | Utility company reported large branches, powerlines, and one tree down. |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Seclusaval and Windsor Spring | 4.9 miles | 1988 |
 | Bath Presbyterian Church and Cemetery | 7.9 miles | 2004 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97001330 in Record Group 79. |
| Richmond County | All 51 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.