Center Post, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. It stands on Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trion quadrangle.

Center Post within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Trion quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

365 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 365 fires within 5 miles of Center Post between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,480 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 118 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	201
Arson/incendiarism	118
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Natural	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	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
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2010	Debris and open burning	8.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-WALKER-008
5 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1995	Natural	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-CHATTOOGA-003
29 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2008	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 Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Center Post: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Aggregate Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Dallas York Tripoli Mine	Stone	Past Producer
Armington Mine	Aluminum	Past Producer
Hawkins Mine	Aluminum, Iron	Past Producer
Shinbone Ridge Area-C	Iron	Past Producer	Strataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge-A	Iron	Past Producer	Strataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge-B	Iron	Past Producer	Strataform, 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 Center Post in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Center Post	$100,000	The Walker County Emergency Management Director reported widespread downed trees and power lines throughout the county, but primarily the southern half, including LaFayette. Nearly two dozen roads, including portions of Georgia Highways 341 and 136, were blocked from downed trees. Consequently, several school districts had to delay their start time at least two hours. An outbuilding at a private residence, where a number of antiques were stored, was destroyed when a large tree fell on the structure. In addition, shingles were blown off roofs of homes on Shook Road and Old Bethel Roads.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Center Post	$25,000	The Walker County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the south central and southeast part of the county, especially around Suttles Mill. The public reported that up to 50 treeswere down in the Flintstone area of northwest Walker county. Another large tree was also down in the Beverly Hills subdivision in Rossville in the northeast part of the county destroying a large three-wall tin shed.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Center Post	$5,000	The Walker County 911 Center reported that at least a dozen trees were down. WSR-88D radar data suggests that this was mainly across the southern half of the county, south of Cooper Heights and Rock Springs.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Center Post	$3,000	The Walker County 911 Center reported that more than seven trees were down along a path from near Center Post and the Chattooga county line toward Villanow. This damage was caused by the same thunderstorm that spawned the tornado in Chattooga county. No structural damage was observed in Walker county.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Center Post	$2,000	EM reports two trees down. One at Shinbone Valley Rd and Mcconnel Crossing and another at ga337 and Chamberlain Rd.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Center Post	$1,000	Chattooga County EM reported a power line down around the intersection of Harrisburg Road and Bolcar Blvd.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Center Post	$1,000	A trained storm spotter reported that two large cedar trees were uprooted Round Pond Road a couple of blocks before the Lafayette High School. The Walker County 911 Center reported that two trees were also down just east of Cedar Grove.
August 2012	Hail	Center Post	-	The NSSL SHAVE Project relayed a report of quarter sized hail.
April 2002	Hail	Center Post	-	The Walker County Messenger reported golf ball size hail.
May 1998	Hail	Center Post	-	Quarter size hail was reported near the Walker/Chattooga county line in Walker county.

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hawkins	1.2 miles	19
Harrisburg	2.3 miles	24
Martindale	2.9 miles	19
Guild (historical)	3.4 miles	25
Oakton	3.6 miles	19
Bronco	3.6 miles	25
Walnut Grove	3.9 miles	25
Mahan (historical)	4.0 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355086. 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.