BlockFrom the record
One of 16 National Register listings published here for McDuffie County · listed in 1998 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Wrightsboro Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
The listing
- Address. Wrightsboro Rd., E. of Ridge Rd., Wrightsboro, 30824
- When was it listed? July 1998
- Category. district
- Census division. Thomson
- National Register reference number. 98000701 - 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
171 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Wrightsboro Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 680 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 5 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 | 125 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MCDUFFIE-005 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MCDUFFIE-008 |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MCDUFFIE-009 |
| 19 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MCDUFFIE-012 |
| 19 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MCDUFFIE-008 |
| 18 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MCDUFFIE-007 |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MCDUFFIE003 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Wrightsboro Historic District: 7 prospects, 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston and Brooker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Columbia Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Parks Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Landers | Gold, Lead | Prospect | Vein | |
| Porter | Gold, Lead | Prospect | Vein | |
| Tatham | Gold, Lead | Prospect | Vein | |
| Woodall | Gold, Lead | Prospect | Vein | |
| Columbia Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Hamilton Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Sellers | Gold | Prospect | Vein |
Storms near this property
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wrightsboro, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrightsboro | $2,000 | SKYWARN spotter driving along I-20 NNE of Thomson reported a few trees down along the interstate and that intense winds knocked down the magnetic antenna mount on his car. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrightsboro | - | A tree was downed on Interstate 20 westbound near mile marker 171. Time estimated. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrightsboro | - | Multiple trees were downed on Cedar Rock Rd at Tanyard Creek Dr, NW of Thomson. Time estimated. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrightsboro | - | Trees were downed, taking down a power line, along Wrightsboro Rd near Ridgeview Rd. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrightsboro | - | A tree was downed onto power lines on Ginger Hill Rd. Time estimated. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Wrightsboro | - | Report of golf ball size hail, and strong winds, near the intersection of Cobbham Rd and Stagecoach Rd NE. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Wrightsboro | - | Public reported nickel size hail that lasted for around 30 minutes and almost covered the ground near Sterling Wells Road and Hwy 150. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowdre-Rees-Knox House | 1.4 miles | 1979 | |
 | Old Rock House | 4.7 miles | 1970 |
| John Moore Lazenby House | 5.1 miles | 2013 | |
| Hayes Line Historic District | 6.2 miles | 2000 | |
 | Hickory Hill | 6.2 miles | 1979 |
 | Thomas E. Watson House | 6.5 miles | 1976 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98000701 in Record Group 79. |
| McDuffie County | All 16 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.