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Altman, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sylvania census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30467. The Survey maps it on the Sylvania South quadrangle.

Altman within Screven County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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.

Fires near this place

393 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 393 fires within 5 miles of Altman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,046 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 42 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 burning226
Equipment and vehicle use49
Arson/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Natural13
Smoking12
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony4

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
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning7.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020SCREVEN004
25 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Screven County

Storms near this place

12 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Altman in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
January 2012Thunderstorm WindAltman1 hurt, $9,000Screven County Law Enforcement reported a tree fell on a Mobile Home, 1 mile south southeast of Altman, trapping the occupant inside. The occupant was rescued and transported to the hospital with unspecified injuries.
February 2007Thunderstorm WindAltman$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds snapped off a few trees, damaged a shed, and destroyed a trampoline.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAltman$1,500A few trees were reported down on Annett School Road.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindAltman$1,000Screven County dispatch reported a powerline down along the 900 block of Halcyondale Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindAltman$1,000Screven County dispatch reported a tree down on Twin Oaks Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindAltman$500The Screven County 911 Call Center reported multiple tree limbs down on power lines near the intersection with Cab Drive and Halcyondale Road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAltman$500Law enforcement reported a tree down on Statesboro Highway, approximately 3 miles south-southwest of Sylvania, Georgia.
May 2024HailAltman-Hail up to the size of nickels was reported at a Tractor Supply store. The hail lasted for 10 minutes.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindAltman-The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a tree blown down along Highway 21 near the intersection with Carver Avenue.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAltman-Screven County dispatch reported numerous trees down along Statesboro Highway near Sylvania.
July 2010HailAltman-The public reported dime to quarter size hail, 2 miles south-southwest of Sylvania, Georgia.
September 2004Tornado (F1)Altman-A tornado bent and snapped off numerous trees and large limbs in various directions.

Every storm recorded in Screven 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
Sylvania1.7 miles17
Farmdale2.1 miles16
Green Hill2.3 miles16
Waters2.8 miles17
Resource3.1 miles17
Goloid3.2 miles16
White Hill4.4 miles16
Zeigler5.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 350148. 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.