Campton, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Campton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30656. The Survey maps it on the Monroe quadrangle. It stands 925 feet above sea level.
On record in Campton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
William Harris Family Farmsteadlisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
136 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Campton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 326 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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 | 78 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALTON-005 |
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BARROW-002 |
| 17 September 1999 | Smoking | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Campton: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Smith Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Thompson Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campton in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Lightning | Campton | $250,000 | The Walton Tribune reported that lightning struck a home at 1200 Nicholsville Road. The house was completely destroyed. No one was at home at the time and no injuries were reported. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campton | $50,000 | The Walton County 911 center reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the county. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campton | $1,000 | Em reports tree down at shoal creek rd near john stowe rd. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campton | $1,000 | Tree down along Tom Odum Road NW and John Stowe Spur. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campton | $1,000 | Tree down near intersection of Kirk Rd and Shoal Creek Rd. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campton | $1,000 | Powerlines down along GA Hwy 11 near Eliza Doster Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholasville | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Walker Park | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Gratis | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Bradley | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Vernon | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Bold Springs | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Monroe | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Between | 5.9 miles | 16 |
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 Campton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5028581 | 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 354976. 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.







