Carsonville, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31006. The Survey maps it on the Prattsburg quadrangle.

Carsonville within Taylor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Prattsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Carsonville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 852 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 26 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	62
Arson/incendiarism	26
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Natural	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

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	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2019	Natural	23 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020UPSON012
24 September 2010	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-TAYLOR-010
2 September 1999	Debris and open burning	4.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	3.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Carsonville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
	Nottingham Prospects	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

6 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carsonville in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 2003	Flash Flood	Carsonville	1 killed	The Taylor county Emergency Management Director reported that a 42-year old male drowned in flood waters along U.S. Highway 80, just west of Carsonville. The highway was flooded because of excessive rain from the night before which caused a small creek to become flooded and overflow the roadway. The car became submersed in the flooded waters.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Carsonville	$1,000,000	The Taylor County Emergency Management Director reported extensive and widespread damage across the county from hundreds of downed trees and dozens of downed power lines. Up to 30 homes in the county sustained minor to moderate damage, with one home sustaining major damage. In addition, five businesses were damaged. Damage was particularly severe in the Reynolds area. Parts of Taylor county, including the city of Reynolds, were declared in a local state of emergency as a result of the widespread damage.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Carsonville	$4,000	The Taylor County Emergency Management Director reported that one tree and two power lines were down in the northern part of the county near Carsonville, while three trees and two power lines were down in the city of Reynolds.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Carsonville	$1,000	The Taylor County 911 Center reported that three trees were down within the county.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Carsonville	-	Power pole down at highway 80 and lawdon road.
February 2008	Hail	Carsonville	-	The Taylor County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail in the northern part of the county around Carsonville.

Every storm recorded in Taylor 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
Five Points	1.9 miles	8
Jarrell	3.5 miles	8
Wesley	4.3 miles	8
Fickling Mill	7.2 miles	8
Mizell	9.5 miles	8
Howard	9.5 miles	8
Goldson	10.6 miles	8
Butler	11.1 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331329. 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.