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Avondale, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Dearing census division. The Survey maps it on the Avondale quadrangle.

Avondale within McDuffie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

189 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Avondale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 464 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 15 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 burning123
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-COLUMBIA-003
8 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021MCDUFFIE002
8 September 1997Debris and open burning4.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2007Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-COLUMBIA-003
24 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDuffie 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 Avondale: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Brick Clay. 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
Campania PitBrick ClayOccurrence
Continental Can MineKaolinOccurrence
Campania MineClayProducer
Tappan PlaceClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in McDuffie County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avondale in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2022Thunderstorm WindAvondale-Public reported numerous trees and power lines down on Hwy 221.

Every storm recorded in McDuffie 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
Adamsville2.7 miles16
Megahee4.6 miles15
Dearing5.1 miles15
Autney6.0 miles15
Happy Valley7.4 miles15
Boneville8.0 miles15
Ansley Mill12.2 miles20
Thomson12.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331072. 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.