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Centerville, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Coldwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30635. The Survey maps it on the Dewy Rose quadrangle.

Centerville within Elbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 408 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 15 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 burning117
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking11
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony4
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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-ELBERT-016
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-ELBERT-002
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-ELBERT-007
22 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020ELBERT005
20 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Centerville: 4 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Granite, Kyanite. 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
Norman Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteProspect
Adams QuarryGraniteProducer
Blue Ribbon QuarryGranitePast Producer
Peerless Extra Blue QuarryGraniteProducer
Anderson MineMicaPast Producer
Chapman MineMicaPast Producer
Dewey Rose ProspectMicaProspect
Rock Branch Church ProspectMicaProspect
Unnamed Mica ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Elbert 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
Thirteen Forks2.0 miles14
Harmony2.8 miles14
Clarks Junction3.9 miles14
Dewy Rose4.1 miles14
Goss4.2 miles14
Hard Cash4.5 miles14
Coldwater5.1 miles14
Rock Branch5.4 miles14

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 CentervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888655The 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 331368. 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.