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Centralhatchee, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Centralhatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30217. The Survey maps it on the Franklin quadrangle. 348 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 846 feet above sea level.

Centralhatchee within Heard County

Population over time

3 figures

Centralhatchee fell from 383 to 348 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000383
2010408+25 (+7%)
2020348-60 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

Photographs

5 photographs, 1941

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Well in the center of Centralhatchee. Heard County, Georgia
Well in the center of Centralhatchee. Heard County, Georgia
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
In Mr. J. H. Parham's barber shop. Centralhatchee, Heard County, Georgia
In Mr. J. H. Parham's barber shop. Centralhatchee, Heard County, Georgia
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
School teachers in Centralhatchee, Georgia, have organized movies in the school auditorium for those who can't get to town. Heard County, Georgia
School teachers in Centralhatchee, Georgia, have organized movies in the school auditorium for those who can't get to town. Heard County, Georgia
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Mr. J. H. Parham, barber and notary public, in his shop in Centralhatchee, Heard County, Georgia
Mr. J. H. Parham, barber and notary public, in his shop in Centralhatchee, Heard County, Georgia
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
School teachers in Centralhatchee, Georgia have organized movies in the school auditorium for those who can't get to town. Heard County, Georgia
School teachers in Centralhatchee, Georgia have organized movies in the school auditorium for those who can't get to town. Heard County, Georgia
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Centralhatchee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 883 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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 burning98
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4

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 1995Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism22 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HEARD-006
2 September 1997Debris and open burning19 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HEARD-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Heard County

Storms near this place

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centralhatchee in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2011: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2007Thunderstorm WindCentralhatchee1 hurt, $50,000The Heard County Fire Chief reported that 15 to 20 trees were snapped off at the intersection of U.S. Highway 27 and West Ferry Road just north of Centralhatchee. A recreational vehicle at the Overnight RV Park was blown over causing injury to a woman inside the vehicle. She sustained cuts and scrapes when the vehicle was rolled over. In addition, a wooden shed was also blown over.
April 2006HailCentralhatchee$100,000Several reports of golf ball-sized hail were received from storm spotters of golf ball-sized hail from southeast of Centralhatchee to the far southeast corner of Heard county in Corinth, including the south side of Franklin. The Heard County Emergency Management Director reported quarter-sized hail in the northeast part of the county east of Centralhatchee.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Centralhatchee$80,000An employee of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia conducted a survey and concluded that a very brief F0 tornado touched down just east of Barkers Crossroads just off Nonomis Road. A one-year old house and several adjacent structures suffered considerable damage. A 138 square foot barn was lifted completely off its foundation and the roof of the foundation landed on the roof of the home causing considerable damage to the roof of the home. In addition, a 1200 square foot hay barn was severely damaged along with a small shed and several fences on the property were also severely damaged by downed trees and structural debris. Four large oak trees were also blown down on the property.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindCentralhatchee$3,000The Heard County Sherrif's Department reported that several trees and power lines were down across the county, but especially the eastern sections.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCentralhatchee$2,000The public reported that seven to eight trees were down in the city.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCentralhatchee$2,000The Heard County 911 Center reported that four trees and two power lines were down in the northeast part of the county. Pea-sized hail was also reported in the area.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindCentralhatchee$1,000The Heard county 911 center reported that several trees had been blown down.
June 2011HailCentralhatchee-The Heard County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail just southeast of Centralhatchee.
May 2008HailCentralhatchee-The Heard County 911 Center relayed a report of penny-sized hail from the Centralhatchee area. Radar data supported that hail of similar or perhaps larger size fell likely fell across much of Heard county except for the northeast part.
July 2007HailCentralhatchee-The Heard County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail.
March 2003HailCentralhatchee-The Heard county 911 center reported quarter size hail.
May 2003HailCentralhatchee-The Heard county 911 center reported quarter-sized hail.
April 1997HailCentralhatchee-no account filed
March 1996HailCentralhatchee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Heard 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
Elery1.9 miles11
Glenloch2.9 miles11
Barkers Crossroads3.6 miles11
Hyatt3.9 miles11
Whispering Pines3.9 miles12
Simpson3.9 miles11
Unity4.5 miles11
Yellowdirt4.6 miles11

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 CentralhatcheeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3093057The 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 355098. 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.

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.