Ashland, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sandy Cross census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30521. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Ashland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 264 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 | 71 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-011 |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN005 |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN004 |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN003 |
| 20 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashland in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Hail | Ashland | - | County comms reported 3/4 inch hail on Bold Springs Rd. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Multiple trees were blown down across the county, especially the southern half. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | A tree and power lines were blown down on Bold Springs Rd. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Multiple trees were blown down across the county. One tree fell on a house on Wesleyan St in Lavonia. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Hill (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Plainview | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Unity | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cromers | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Zidon (historical) | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Carnesville | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sandy Cross | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Vandiver | 7.6 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Ashland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q43080443 | 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 331057. 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.




