Apalachee, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bostwick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30650. It stands on Beaverdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Apalachee quadrangle.
On record in Apalachee
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 1 record
Apalachee Schoollisted 2000
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Apalachee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Apalachee between 1992 and 2019, burning about 676 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 19 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 | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | 9.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-MORGAN-003 |
| 18 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MORGAN-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Apalachee: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliston Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Apalachee in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Apalachee | $20,000 | The Morgan county 911 center reported that a tree fell on and damaged a mobile home in Apalachee and a power line was knocked down in Madison. Pea size hail was also observed with this thunderstorm. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Apalachee | $6,000 | The Morgan County 911 Center reported several trees blown down along Parsonage Road just northwest of Apalachee. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Apalachee | $250 | The Morgan County 911 center reported that one tree was blown down on U.S. Highway 441. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Apalachee | $250 | The Morgan County 911 center reported that a tree had blown down. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Apalachee | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shields (historical) | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Nolans Store | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Sandy Creek | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bostwick | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Canaan | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Sugar Creek | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Smyrna | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Malcolms Store | 6.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354375. 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.






