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Campania, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Grovetown-Harlem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30814. The Survey maps it on the Harlem quadrangle.

Campania within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

264 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Campania between 1992 and 2020, burning about 620 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 35 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 burning148
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Smoking15
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony3
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 1997Debris and open burning4.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Smoking6.9 acresGeorgia 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
26 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia 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 Campania: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Brick Clay, 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
Campania PitBrick ClayOccurrence
Grovetown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Campania MineClayProducer
Tappan PlaceClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campania in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2022Thunderstorm WindCampania-Tree down on power lines at 400 block of Leitner Mill Rd SE of Harlem. Time estimated.
July 2008HailCampania-Local TV station reported nickel size hail at Patriots Park.
July 2008HailCampania-Sheriff reported penny size hail on hwy 104.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindCampania-EM reported several trees down in the Martinez and Evans areas with on tree on a home and garage.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Harlem1.2 miles16
Berzelia2.1 miles16
Sawdust2.3 miles16
Forrest (historical)5.5 miles20
Grovetown5.6 miles20
Lewiston Downs7.3 miles20
Kettle Creek7.6 miles20
Sugarcreek7.7 miles20

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.

Wikidata item Q122556921The 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 331314. 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.