Cadley, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Camak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30821. It stands on Tanyard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cadley quadrangle. It stands 554 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Cadley quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Cadley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 589 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 4 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 | 81 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MCDUFFIE-008 |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WARREN-002 |
| 13 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-WARREN-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cadley: 3 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston and Brooker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sellers | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Taylor | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Warren Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Wilson & Watson | Gold | Prospect | Vein |
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cadley in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadley | $3,000 | The Warren County Emergency Management Director and the Warren County 911 Center reported that a number of trees were down on Interstate-20 in the northern part of the county. Other trees were down in other areas of the county, including at least two trees down on U.S. Highway 278 north of Warrenton. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadley | $2,000 | Large tree down on the 5000 block of E Cadley Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadley | $1,000 | Large tree down at the intersection of Hwy 80 and Indian Hill Road. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Cadley | - | The Norwood Post Office relayed reports of hail from the Cadley area. A local business reported nickel-sized hail in the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thigpen | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Rock | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Norwood | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Camak | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mesena | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Silvertown | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Barnett | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Plainview | 8.2 miles | 10 |
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 Cadley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17986194 | 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 331304. 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.







