BlockAndersons Corner, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Oak Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31822. The Survey maps it on the Hilyer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1907 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hilyer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Andersons Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 728 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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 | 86 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HARRIS002 |
| 13 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HARRIS-007 |
| 26 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-TROUP-001 |
| 12 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 1995 | 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
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Andersons Corner in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andersons Corner | 1 hurt, $100,000 | The Troup county 911 center reported that strong straight-line thunderstorm winds destroyed one mobile home and severely damaged three other mobile homes in a mobile home park in the extreme southeast corner of Troup county on Salem-Chipley Road just off U.S. Highway 27. One man was injured when he was trapped inside his damaged mobile home by a large fallen pine tree, which crashed through the chimney of the mobile home and tore through one end of the home. Numerous trees and power lines were also blown down in the same general area. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported that the mobile home park resembled a bomb zone with numerous huge pine trees uprooted or ripped off by the thunderstorm winds. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andersons Corner | $5,000 | Multiple trees down near the Pine Mountain RV Resort. |
| January 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andersons Corner | $1,000 | A tree down at n butts mill rd and hamilton rd. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andersons Corner | $1,000 | Report of a tree down on the 1300 block of dennis smith rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andersons Corner | $1,000 | Two trees down along Salem Chipley Rd near Turkey Creek. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andersons Corner | $500 | Troup county 911 reported thunderstorm winds knocked a tree and a power line down near the intersection of highways 219 and 18. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smiths Mill | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Colonial Heights | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Jones Crossroads | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Baughs Crossroads | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Pioneer Village | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Wood Valley | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Troup Factory (historical) | 4.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354309. 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.