Carey, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Greensboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30642. It stands on Cob Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buckhead quadrangle.

Carey within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Buckhead quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Carey between 1992 and 2019, burning about 315 acres in total. 4 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	50
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Arson/incendiarism	12
Recreation and ceremony	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Smoking	8
Natural	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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
7 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020GREENE005
26 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2019GREENE001
15 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carey in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
August 2021	Tornado (EF1)	Carey	$100,000	A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 90 mph and a maximum path width of 100 yards touched down west of Greensboro along Northwoods Drive, just north of Highway 278. The tornado traveled \|north northwest along the eastern shore of Lake Oconee where several homes had trees snapped and uprooted around them. One home had several windows blown in. Along Arrowhead Road and Quail Trails numerous trees were snapped and uprooted and several boathouses were destroyed along with several outbuildings and sheds. Many homes suffered minor damage and a few had more significant damage where trees fell onto the homes. The tornado continued moving to the north northwest along the lake in mainly uninhabited areas until it crossed Greenbriar Drive where many large limbs and branches were blown down. The tornado dissipated after it crossed South M Copeland Road in a wooded area to the west of the road. [8/17/21: Tornado #4, County #1/1, EF-1, Greene, 2021:018].
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Carey	$10,000	The Greene County Emergency Management Director reported that more than a dozen trees and power lines were down across the county.
December 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Carey	$3,000	The Greene County 911 Center reported that several trees were down near Greensboro. Trees were down along Carry Station Road, Charles Road, and on Interstate-20.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Carey	$1,000	Tree and multiple large limbs down in Parks Ferry Campground.

Every storm recorded in Greene 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Thurston	3.2 miles	11
Greensboro	5.0 miles	11
Greshamville	6.2 miles	11
Veazey	7.4 miles	11
Flat Rock (historical)	9.3 miles	11
Mosquito Crossing	9.5 miles	11
Penfield	9.6 miles	11
Ruth (historical)	9.9 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354991. 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.

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.