BlockAlvaton, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Gay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30218. It stands on Winky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Haralson quadrangle.
On record in Alvaton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
White Oak Creek Covered Bridgelisted 1973- Carmel Rural Historic Districtlisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Haralson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
216 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Alvaton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,082 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 20 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 | 132 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MERIWETHER003 |
| 26 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MERIWETHER005 |
| 19 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alvaton in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2017: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Alvaton | $250,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that a second tornado touched down in northeast Meriwether county simultaneously while another EF2 tornado was tracking across the southern part of the county. Although this tornado was only EF2 strength during its small track across northeast Meriwether county, it strengthened to an EF3 rating shortly after entering Spalding county and continued at an EF3 rating until it just moved across the Henry county line near the ends of its track. The tornado touched down just south of Alvaton and just south of the intersection of Georgia Highways 74 and 362, then tracked northeast across western and northern Spalding county and into extreme southern Henry county before lifting. The tornado resulted in two deaths in western Spalding county near the town of Birdie. The tornado had a total path length of near 22 miles, with approximately 5.5 miles of this within northeast Meriwether county. The maximum path width was 1/2 mile with maximum winds estimated to be 140 mph. Damage in Meriwether county was confined primarily to several hundred downed trees, some power lines, and minor structural damage to outbuildings. There were no fatalities or injuries within Meriwether county from this tornado.||[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #11, County #1-3, EF3, Meriwether-Spalding-Henry, 2011:020]. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvaton | $1,000 | The Meriwether County 911 Center reported that four trees were down between Alvaton and Wooster involving Strickland, Alvaton, and Rocky Mountain Roads. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvaton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvaton | $500 | The Meriwether County 911 center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Highway 85 and Callaway Road. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvaton | $500 | The Meriwether county sheriff reported that two trees were blown down on a road. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvaton | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew trees down on power lines, resulting in power outages. |
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 331035. 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.