Aline, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Aline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30420. The Survey maps it on the Cobbtown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Cobbtown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
424 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 424 fires within 5 miles of Aline between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,346 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 73 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 | 259 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 73 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
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 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CANDLER005 |
| 28 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aline in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 16 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | $10,000 | Law Enforcement reported trees down on the roof of a house and quarter size hail along Highway 121 at the Candler and Tattnall County line. |
| January 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | $1,000 | County Warning Point reported a tree down at the 3700 block of Highway 23. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | $500 | The public reported a tree down on Highway 121, one mile north of Cobbtown, Georgia. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | $500 | One tree was reported down in Canoe, GA. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | - | The Candler County Sheriff's Office reported a tree down on power lines near the intersection of Griffin Ferry Road and 46 West. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | - | The Candler County Sheriff's Office reported trees and power lines down in several locations, including on Macwac Lake Road, Holland Road and Freedom Lane. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Aline | - | The public reported quarter size hail along Interstate 16 causing a crack in a windshield. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | - | A Candler County emergency manager reported multiple trees down near the intersection of Highway 57 and Piney Grove Road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | - | The Candler County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Holland Road near the intersection with Strange Road. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | - | Trees were reported down across Cool Spring Church Road. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Aline | - | The public reported hail estimated up to the size of golf balls. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | - | Candler County dispatch reported a tree down on Eden Church Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | - | The Candler County 911 Call Center reported 2 trees down on Highway 57 South. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Aline | - | The public reported hail the size of golfballs on Morgan Road. The hail fell for about 3 minutes. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees, one of which fell across Highway 57. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | - | Trees and limbs were down |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | - | Several trees were down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | - | Power lines down. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aline | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331020. 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.
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.





