Carlan, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Homer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30547. It stands on Coker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Homer quadrangle.

Carlan within Banks County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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.

1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Homer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Carlan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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	69
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Arson/incendiarism	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Smoking	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	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
3 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-FRANKLIN-011
28 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	2.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2019	Debris and open burning	1.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020FRANKLIN005
25 September 2016	Debris and open burning	1.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-FRANKLIN-008
20 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-BANKS-002
19 August 1999	Debris and open burning	4.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Banks County

Storms near this place

3 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlan in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 2 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)	Carlan	$100,000	A National Weather Service survey found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 90 mph and a maximum path width of 100 yards touched down in Banks County along Bennett Road west of Highway 63. The tornado uprooted and snapped trees as it moved northwest along Bennett Road. One home was almost completely destroyed by a falling oak tree. The tornado continued to the Northwest across a landfill before crossing Highway 51 around Damascus Road where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Continuing to the Northwest, the tornado crossed Payne Road snapping and uprooting dozens of trees and destroying a chicken house on the north\|side of Payne Road. A small trailer was rolled and thrown 30 yards. The tornado was at its strongest along Payne Road before beginning to weaken as it continued moving to the northwest. A tree was blown down into a home along Hawkins Road right before the tornado lifted as it approached Pace and Caudell Roads. [8/17/21: Tornado #7, County #1/1, EF-1, Banks, 2021:021].
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Carlan	$5,000	Multiple trees down along Highway 51 between Vaughn Road and Damascus Road.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Carlan	$1,000	The Georgia Department of Transportation reported that several trees were down off Georgia Highway 63. Funnel clouds were reported in the area by the public.

Every storm recorded in Banks 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
Arp	2.0 miles	14
Jewelville	2.6 miles	14
Mount Pleasant	3.2 miles	14
Hebron	3.9 miles	14
Odis Crossroads	4.2 miles	14
Homer	5.2 miles	14
Banks Crossing	6.3 miles	14
Pinefield Crossroads	6.4 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326207. 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.