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Catlett, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. The Survey maps it on the Catlett quadrangle.

Catlett within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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.

Fires near this place

441 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 441 fires within 5 miles of Catlett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,710 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 101 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 burning267
Arson/incendiarism101
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural6
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021WALKER001
29 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Catlett: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wilmer Frye ProspectIron, ManganeseProspect
Naomi AreaIronPast ProducerStratabound Concordant

Every working recorded in Walker County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Catlett in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Flash FloodCatlett$25,000Spotter reported that both lanes of Lake Howard Road were washed out near Arnold Lane in LaFayette. Radar estimates indicate that 5 to 8 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in flash flooding.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindCatlett$8,000The Walker County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees blown down along Highway 151 between Highway 136 and the Catoosa County line.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCatlett$1,000Tree down on Alabama hwy between County Line Rd and Chapman Rd.

Every storm recorded in Walker 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Chestnutflat (historical)1.4 miles24
Center Grove3.1 miles25
Salem (historical)3.8 miles26
Noble3.9 miles26
Warrens (historical)4.0 miles26
Naomi4.0 miles24
Fairview Heights4.2 miles25
Skyline Heights4.8 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331345. 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.