BlockCannonville, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the LaGrange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30240. It stands on Blue John Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cannonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cannonville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Cannonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 424 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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 | 84 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TROUP-006 |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TROUP001 |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TROUP-004 |
| 22 August 1996 | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cannonville: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Beryllium, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Hogg Mine | Mica, Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Word Prospect | Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Davis Prospect | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Smith's Store Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cannonville in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 1 lightning, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 6 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Cannonville | 6 hurt, $10,000,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that a second tornado touched down in Troup county, approximately five miles south of LaGrange and then traveled approximately seven miles to the northeast before lifting six miles east of LaGrange. This tornado was an EF2, had a maximum path width of 1/4 mile, with maximum winds estimated to be 120 mph. The tornado did cross Interstate-185 east of LaGrange. Fifteen homes were destroyed along the path of the tornado and another 50 homes sustained minor to moderate damage. The most significant damage occurred along Georgia Highway 219 and Murphy Road near the beginning of the tornado's path, or about two miles south of the LaGrange city limits. About 12 homes were destroyed in this area. One home in this neighborhood was picked up and thrown 50 feet while its sun room was thrown 300 yards. A well built log cabin on a hillside was completely destroyed as it was blown off its foundation in the opposite direction of the tornado's movement. While no fatalities occurred admist all of this damage, there were six injuries resulting from debris and damaged homes. Thousands of trees and many power lines were also down along the path of the tornado.||A total of 41 residential or commercial structures in Troup county were either destroyed, suffered major damage, or sustained minor to moderate damage from the two tornadoes this evening.||It should be noted that the same thunderstorm that spawned this tornado continued on to spawn yet another tornado that tracked across northeast Meriwether into western Spalding and southern Henry county shortly after this event and then later spawned additional tornadoes in east central Georgia as the night continued.||[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #9, County #1-1, EF2, Troup, 2011:018]. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannonville | $2,000 | Two trees down along New Hutchinson Mill Rd near Cannonville Rd and Bartley Rd. |
| June 2010 | Lightning | Cannonville | $1,000 | The Troup County 911 Center reported that lightning struck and set a field on fire on Heard Road in southwest Troup 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Rise | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Maplecreek Hills | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hogg Mountain | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| West Wood | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Raby Woods | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Long Cane | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Gabbettville | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Tyler Estates | 2.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 312319. 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.