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Avans, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sand Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30752. The Survey maps it on the New Home quadrangle.

Avans within Dade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

519 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 519 fires within 5 miles of Avans between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,948 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 132 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 burning308
Arson/incendiarism132
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DADE005
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DADE-002
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DADE-006
5 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DADE-005
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Avans: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sutton & Austin MinesIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 117, 10th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 251, 10th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 37, 11th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Dade County

Storms near this place

12 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avans in 12 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 11 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2018Thunderstorm WindAvans$8,000The Dade County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down from west of Saddle Club Road to around the intersection of Wells Road and Brow Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAvans$8,000The Dade County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees down in Sand Mountain, Trenton and Lookout Mountain.
March 2018HailAvans$5,000The Dade County Emergency Manager reported quarter size hail along Saddle Club and Brow Roads.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindAvans$3,000The local broadcast media reported 3 trees blown down along Porter Road around the intersection with Highway 301.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAvans$3,000The Dade County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto power lines in the 600 block of Lake Hills Drive.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindAvans$2,000The Dade County EM reported a tree down along the 2100 block of Worley Chapel Road.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindAvans$2,000The Dade County EM reported a tree down in the 200 block of Casey Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindAvans$1,000A tree was reported down across fuller road .
January 2013Thunderstorm WindAvans$1,000The public reported that four trees were blown down across the county.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindAvans-Tree down on White Oak Gap Rd and Back Valley Rd.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindAvans-Mesonet station GA320 I-59 at SR-136 reported a wind gust of 62mph.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindAvans-Multiple trees down west of Trenton: McBryar Rd, Worley Chapel Rd, GA-301, and Owenby Filler Rd.

Every storm recorded in Dade County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Gass1.5 miles23
Trenton2.1 miles23
Union3.0 miles23
Tatum (historical)3.6 miles23
New England3.8 miles26
Stewart Town4.5 miles23
Cole City4.8 miles25
Cedar Hill5.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356561. 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.