Armena, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Leesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31763. The Survey maps it on the Sasser quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Sasser quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Sasser quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
163 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Armena between 1992 and 2020, burning about 638 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 17 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 | 97 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LEE007 |
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LEE004 |
| 22 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1995 | Smoking | 5.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LEE-005 |
| 29 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TERRELL-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 Armena: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leesburg Sand Co Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Armena in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Armena | $50,000 | Several inches of water was reported in some homes along Red Tip Lane, Wax Myrtle Dr, Ivy Lane, and Loblolly Lane. |
| July 2015 | Lightning | Armena | $50,000 | Lightning started a house fire and caused damage on Westerlee Drive in Lee county via WALB-TV. Damage was estimated. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armena | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on Sasser Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armena | - | A tree was blown down in the 100 block of Pebble Ridge Dr. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Armena | - | Three homes near Wiregrass and Ivy Lane in extreme southwestern Lee county had up to 1 foot of water get inside the structures due to flash flooding. |
| December 2018 | Flash Flood | Armena | - | Flash flooding occurred on Ivey Green Trail and affected structures. |
| March 2015 | Flash Flood | Armena | - | Dispatch reported that Highway 32 West at Armena Road was closed briefly due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Byne Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Palmyra | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Century | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Jordan Place | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Forrester | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Leesburg | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Nutview (historical) | 9.7 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122544660 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326160. 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.





