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Avondale, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rutland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31216. The Survey maps it on the Warner Robins NW quadrangle.

Avondale within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Avondale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 711 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 45 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 burning80
Arson/incendiarism45
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4

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
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Natural2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-BIBB-001
29 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-PEACH-005
28 September 1994Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HOUSTON-010
21 September 2010Natural2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BIBB-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Avondale: 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Huber PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Huber Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J&J Lumber Co. QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Macon Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAlluvium

Every working recorded in Bibb County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avondale in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
April 2017Thunderstorm WindAvondale$25,000A report was received on social media of damage to a home on McArrell Drive.
March 2025Tornado (EF0)Avondale-The tornado lifted just east of Hawkinsville Rd in extreme southeast Bibb County where a few trees were downed and had blocked the road for a few hours|following the tornado. The tornado traveled 7.0 miles with|maximum winds of 75 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAvondale-The Macon ASOS measured a wind gust to 51 knots.

Every storm recorded in Bibb 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
Richardson Estates1.0 miles11
O'Reily Estates1.6 miles12
Walden1.9 miles12
Sofkee2.4 miles12
Three Oaks2.8 miles12
Rutland3.5 miles12
Liberty View3.6 miles12
Bevinwood3.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331071. 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.