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Adrian, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It lies in ZIP code area 31002. It stands on Robins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Adrian quadrangle. 552 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 285 feet above sea level.

Adrian within Emanuel County

On record in Adrian

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Adrian fell from 664 to 552 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010664
2020552-112 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 167-0007-0, U.S. Highway 80/State Route 26 spanning the Ohoopee River, Adrian, Emanuel County, GA
Georgia DOT Bridge No. 167-0007-0, U.S. Highway 80/State Route 26 spanning the Ohoopee River, Adrian, Emanuel County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

353 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 353 fires within 5 miles of Adrian between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,298 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 54 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 burning207
Arson/incendiarism54
Natural39
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-TREUTLEN-012
8 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LAURENS-043
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2005Debris and open burning8.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Emanuel County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Adrian: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerAlluvium

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adrian in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2007Tornado (EF1)Adrian$175,000A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the EF1 tornado that began in western Treutlen county near Orland, continued into the extreme western portion of Emanuel county just south of Adrian, and then continued into extreme southern Johnson county. This was the first of two touchdowns of this tornado in Emanuel county as it tracked into the county again after moving out of Johnson county. This portion of the tornado track was approximately one mile long with a maximum path width of 440 yards. Most of the damage done by this portion of the tornado was within the city of Adrian, which sits right on the Emanuel/Johnson county line. Here, one mobile home was rolled over and a portion of a roof was removed from a utility building. Approximately a dozen homes within the city of Adrian received at least minor damage. Numerous trees were downed in the area.
March 2011HailAdrian$55,000A trained spotter observed golf ball-sized hail from Adrian to Nunez. WSR-88D radar data suggests that quarter-sized hail likely continued to Lexsy before the storm weakened below severe limits.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAdrian$7,000The Emanuel County 911 Center reported that dozens of trees were down across the county.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindAdrian$7,000The Emanuel County 911 Center reported that a few trees were down, one of which fell on a home causing minor structural damage.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAdrian$4,000The Emanuel County 911 Center reported that one tree and three power lines were down in Adrian along the Johnson county line. The public reported that four more trees were down on U.S. Highway 221 around Norristown.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindAdrian$2,000Some power lines were blown down near the town of Adrian.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindAdrian$1,500The Emanuel county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down in the city at Kemp Road and Meadow Road and also on U.S. Highway 80 West.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAdrian$1,000Ham radio operators reported several trees down in Adrian.
April 2022Tornado (EF1)Adrian-A fast-moving QLCS produced a long tracked tornado|starting just north of Adrian near Meeks Rd south of Ohopee Rd|downing trees and continued north of due-east nearly paralleling|a line just north of US80. Along Odomville Church Rd west of|US221, numerous trees were snapped, some falling on homes. The|tornado weakened some then intensified as it crossed Cow Ford|Bridge Rd snapping or uprooting 50-100 trees over a wide swath.|The tornado weakened as it traveled into rural areas north of and|near US80. Some trees were downed near Woodstock Rd and US80 and|again along Overstreet Rd just north of US80. The tornado|broadened and strengthened a bit as it entered Swainsboro (just|27 hours after another tornado went through this same area) east|and southeast of the Swainsboro Golf and Country Club near McLeod|Bridge Rd, Oaklawn Dr and Kite Rd, downing numerous trees and|power lines. Further east a home on Lucky St had roof damage from|a tree falling on it. The tornado traveled into the Lake Luck|area downing a power pole and a few trees near Fortune Loop Dr|and Prosperity Dr. A 24ft camper was destroyed by an uprooted|tree nearby on Prosperity Dr. Damage immediately east of this|area was much weaker and limited to a few tree limbs after which|the tornado lifted. [4/6/22: Tornado #6, County #1/1, EF-1, Emanuel, 2022:026].
July 2003LightningAdrian-The Emanuel county 911 center reported that lightning struck a structure and set it on fire. Damage estimates were indeterminate.
May 1999HailAdrian-The fire department reported dime size hail.
August 1999HailAdrian-The Adrian police reported quarter to half dollar size hail.
January 1999HailAdrian-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Emanuel County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Norristown5.3 miles7
Norristown Junction5.7 miles7
Covena8.1 miles9
Nunez13.1 miles10
Kirby13.6 miles7
Wesley14.1 miles10
Swainsboro14.3 miles7
Gary14.5 miles7

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AdrianAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q372266The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 310411. 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.