BlockBirdie, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sunny Side census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30223. The Survey maps it on the Griffin North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Griffin North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
295 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Birdie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 864 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 48 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 | 170 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SPALDING003 |
| 24 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-SPALDING-012 |
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Birdie: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Gemstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Prospect | Gemstone | Prospect | ||
| The Turner Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Birdie in 13 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdie | $10,000 | Numerous trees down northwest of griffin from w mcintosh rd to minter rd and along hwy 92. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdie | $10,000 | The Spalding County 911 Center reported that more than 20 trees were blown down across the county. Most of the downed trees were within the city limits of Griffin. Widespread power outages were observed within the county from downed power lines. No structural damage was reported, however. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdie | $2,000 | Two trees and powerlines down along evans road. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdie | $1,000 | Em reports a tree down at fayetteville rd and vaughn rd. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdie | $1,000 | Em reports tree down at mud bridge rd and county line rd. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdie | $1,000 | Tree down near the intersection of fayettville rd and vaughn rd. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdie | $1,000 | A tree was downed in the 2000 block of Birdie Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdie | $1,000 | A tree fell across Mud Bridge Road . |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdie | $1,000 | The Spalding County 911 center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Fayetteville Road and Cheatham Road. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdie | - | Multiple trees down across Steel Rd. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdie | - | Multiple trees down on Bicycle Rd. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdie | - | Report of tree down across Cheatham Rd. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Birdie | - | Numerous reports of hail, ranging in size from pennies to quarters, were received from the public from the northwest part of the county in Birdie to Griffin, to southeast of Griffin, and East Griffin. The public also reported nickel-sized hail in the northeast part of the county in Sunny Side. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdett (historical) | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| Caruso | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sunny Side | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pomona | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Valdo (historical) | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Rio | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Vaughn | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Esmond | 3.8 miles | 9 |
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 Birdie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q43080656 | 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 331169. 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.