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Cedar Grove, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kensington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30707. It stands on Trickum Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Grove quadrangle.

Cedar Grove within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,805 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 49 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 burning88
Arson/incendiarism49
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Arson/incendiarism7.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WALKER004
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1993Debris and open burning4.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Grove: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Cassandra AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Estelle Mining CompIronPast Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. MineIronPast Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. MineIronPast Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. MineIronPast Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. MineIronPast Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. MineIronPast Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. MineIronPast Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. MineIronPast Producer
McLamore's Cove Area-AIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Walker County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Grove in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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
June 2018LightningCedar Grove$150,000The local broadcast media reported a house struck by lightning along Hog Jowl Road. The lighting strike caused a fire that destroyed the home.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCedar Grove$10,000Public report of over ten large trees uprooted or snapped, with all of them having fallen facing to the east.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCedar Grove$10,000Over ten large trees uprooted or snapped, all falling in an easterly direction near W Cove Rd.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindCedar Grove$3,000The Walker County 911 Center reported that a few trees were blown down in the far southwest part of the county in the 23,000 block of Georgia Highway 157, also known as Lula Lake Road. A few trees were also down in LaFayette on Cordele Avenue, Chamberlin Road, and Foster Mill Drive.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindCedar Grove$2,000The Walker County 911 Center reported that up to 10 trees were blown down across the county from thunderstorm winds.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCedar Grove$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection if Hwy 157 and Sunshine Ln.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindCedar Grove$1,000The Walker County 911 Center reported that four trees were blown down, scattered about the county.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindCedar Grove$1,000The Walker County Emergency Management Director reported that a few trees were blown down in the southern part of the county.
May 2005HailCedar Grove-The public reported penny-sized hail.
April 1998HailCedar Grove-no account filed

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
Masseyville2.1 miles25
McCutchen (historical)3.0 miles25
Davis Crossroads4.1 miles26
Mahan (historical)4.4 miles25
Estelle Station (historical)4.6 miles26
Kensington4.9 miles26
Cassandra4.9 miles25
Estelle5.0 miles25

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Cedar GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19879012The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355058. 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.