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Ayersville, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Toccoa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30577. It lies near Davis Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Ayersville quadrangle.

Ayersville within Stephens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

323 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 323 fires within 5 miles of Ayersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,257 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 75 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 burning128
Arson/incendiarism75
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use25
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking6
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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 burning7.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HABERSHAM001
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestHIGHWAY 365#1,#2,#3
18 September 2003Debris and open burning10 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HABERSHAM-002
8 August 2008Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stephens County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ayersville: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Scott Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Toccoa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Stephens County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ayersville in 2 storm reports in 2009: 1 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
April 2009Thunderstorm WindAyersville-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county.
April 2009HailAyersville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stephens 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
Boydville2.9 miles17
Toccoa Falls3.7 miles17
Toccoa4.4 miles17
Carnes Creek4.8 miles17
Fowlertown4.9 miles17
Hayes Crossing6.7 miles17
Mize7.3 miles13
Union Hill8.0 miles17

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 AyersvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q43080467The 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 354423. 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.