Almira, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Louisville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30413. The Survey maps it on the Davisboro quadrangle.

Almira within Jefferson County

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.

1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1974 USGS Davisboro quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Almira between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,182 acres in total. 14 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	91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Natural	14
Smoking	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Arson/incendiarism	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
9 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2019WASHINGTON005
9 September 2017	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-WASHINGTON-001
6 September 2013	Debris and open burning	4.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-JEFFERSON-003
5 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2010	Debris and open burning	3.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-WASHINGTON-012
13 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-JEFFERSON-024

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Almira: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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
	Taylor Mine	Kaolin	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Almira in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Almira	$500,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia, concluded that strong straight-line winds of 60 to 70 mph up to one mile south of the EF0 tornado track across central Jefferson county caused moderate damage to structures in Louisville and minor to moderate damage to structures elsewhere along the path. A number of trees and power lines were downed as well.
April 2020	Tornado (EF0)	Almira	$20,000	This tornado began along News Bridge Road destroying a building before moving over more rural sections and snapping hundreds of trees consisting of both softwoods and \|hardwoods. The tornado was remarkably consistent in its track, producing EF1 damage between 95 and 100 mph nearly the entire path. Dozens of homes were damaged with a few destroyed from trees falling on them. The tornado near HJ lane pick up two \|vehicles including a truck and displaced them 100 yards. Shortly before the tornado lifted, it crossed into Jefferson county where additional tree damage occurred. [04/13/20: Tornado #21, County #2/2, EF-0, Jefferson, 2020:027].

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bartow	5.3 miles	8
Pine Hill	6.7 miles	8
Aldreds	7.1 miles	8
Louisville	7.2 miles	16
Moxley	7.4 miles	8
Wadley	8.4 miles	8
Stapletons Crossroads	10.8 miles	10
Pinetucky (historical)	11.1 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331029. 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.