Adasburg, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Washington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30673. It stands on Jocko Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aonia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Aonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Adasburg between 1992 and 2019, burning about 550 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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 | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LINCOLN-005 |
| 17 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-LINCOLN-004 |
| 16 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-LINCOLN-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Adasburg: 8 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Kyanite, Iron-Pyrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graves Mountain Kyanite Occurrence | Kyanite, Iron-Pyrite | Past Producer | Rutile, Lazulite, Pyrophyllite, Kyanite | |
| Magruder Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Ce Minerals, Al Silicates | Kyanite | Producer | ||
| Edmunds Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Hilly Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Lon Edmonds Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Colley Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| Goldman Mn Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Morgan Farm | Manganese | Prospect | 1945 | |
| Morgans Mn Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adasburg in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Flash Flood | Adasburg | - | Media reported Vinson Road was closed due to water over the roadway. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area in a short period of time. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Aonia | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Metasville | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Porters | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Anne Heights | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Logan | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Possie (historical) | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ravenwood Park | 9.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326151. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.







