Ritch-Carter-Martin House

Built in 1915 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

From the record

“The Ritch-Carter-Martin House in Odum, Georgia, is a two-story wood-framed house that was built in c. 1915 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The listing included three contributing buildings.”
Wikipedia article Ritch-Carter-Martin House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 1998 · category: Building · built in 1915, Neoclassical architecture.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Ritch--Carter--Martin House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Jct. of US 341, GA 27, and Tillman St., Odum, 31555
When was it listed? December 1998
Category. building
Census division. Odum
When was it built? 1915
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 98001484 - 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

308 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 308 fires within 5 miles of Ritch-Carter-Martin House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,389 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 44 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	190
Arson/incendiarism	44
Natural	28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Smoking	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	9
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Recreation and ceremony	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
8 September 2016	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-WAYNE-016
6 September 1997	Debris and open burning	4.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	1.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020WAYNE016
24 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-WAYNE-020
24 September 1996	Debris and open burning	2.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this property

33 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Odum, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 21 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. The reports record 8 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
April 2020	Tornado (EF1)	Odum	8 hurt	A high end EF1 tornado with peak winds near 110 mph touched down in Odum and tracked ENE for about 4.5 miles before lifting up again. There were 8 reported injuries. A manufactured home was lifted off of the ground and over power lines near Hyma Poppell Loop near Poppel Farms. Roof and window damage occurred to some brick and mortar homes. A home on a cinder block foundation was spun off of its base. Widespread tree and power line damage occurred near Odum including along Walter Griffis Road, Hires Avenue, Hyma Poppell Loop and Tank Road.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	$70,000	Numerous mobile homes suffered major damage to roofs and siding in the Odum area. Many roofs were peeled off completely destroying the roof. A shipping container was also flipped onto its side. Time was estimated from radar.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	$12,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down on Gail Road. Roof blown off mobile home.
November 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	$10,000	Numerous large trees down on Brantley Road (Off Highway 301) near McKinnon. Large trees down in Odum.
March 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	$3,000	A semi-truck was overturned due to severe thunderstorm winds along U.S. Highway 341 west of Odum. No injuries were reported. The time of the event was based on the report from the county emergency manager. The cost of property damage was estimated.
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	$2,500	no account filed
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	$2,000	A few trees were blown down in Odum and some power lines were blown down between Highway 27 and State Road 38. The cost of damage was estimated for this event to be included in Storm Data.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees and powerlines in Odum. Trees, which were knocked down along U.S. Highway 341 resulted in an accident. Numerous power outages were reported.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	$1,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
January 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	$500	Large tree limbs were blown down.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	$200	Large trees down.
January 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	-	A tree was blown down onto a truck in downtown Odum. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2019	Flood	Odum	-	Ponding water was reported along Victoria Drive and East Railroad Street. Water was several inches deep.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	-	A couple of trees were blown down in Odum. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph with pea size hail as a squall line passed through Odum near Tank Road and Walter Griffis Road. The time of the event was based on radar.
March 2009	Heavy Rain	Odum	-	A storm spotter reported 8.75 inches of rain between 409 p.m. EST and 855 p.m. EST. The location was along County Road 169 between Jesup and Madray Springs in Wayne County.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	-	Trees and power lines were blown down along Odum Screven Road. The time of the report was based on radar imagery.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	-	Wayne County Emergency Management reported power outages in Odum and areas north of Jesup.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	-	Trees were blown down onto power lines. One line started a fire about 3 miles north of Odum.
June 2007	Hail	Odum	-	The public reported penny size hail and wind gusts around 60 mph just northeast of K'ville, just southwest of Odum.
March 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	-	Satilla REMC report. A few large trees and power lines downed.
May 2003	Hail	Odum	-	Penny sized hail reported by fire fighter.
December 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	-	Pine trees down across power lines. Time approximate.
May 2014	Hail	Odum	-	no account filed
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	-	no account filed
March 2005	Hail	Odum	-	no account filed
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	-	no account filed
March 2003	Hail	Odum	-	no account filed
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Odum	-	no account filed
July 2002	Hail	Odum	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Odum	-	no account filed
June 2000	Hail	Odum	-	no account filed
August 1999	Hail	Odum	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 98001484 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wayne 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.