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.
Population over time
3 figuresCentralhatchee 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 383 | |
| 2010 | 408 | +25 (+7%) |
| 2020 | 348 | -60 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
5 photographs, 1941Taken 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.
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
148 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 98 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HEARD-006 |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HEARD-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centralhatchee | 1 hurt, $50,000 | The 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 2006 | Hail | Centralhatchee | $100,000 | Several 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 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Centralhatchee | $80,000 | An 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centralhatchee | $3,000 | The Heard County Sherrif's Department reported that several trees and power lines were down across the county, but especially the eastern sections. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centralhatchee | $2,000 | The public reported that seven to eight trees were down in the city. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centralhatchee | $2,000 | The 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centralhatchee | $1,000 | The Heard county 911 center reported that several trees had been blown down. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Centralhatchee | - | The Heard County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail just southeast of Centralhatchee. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Centralhatchee | - | 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 2007 | Hail | Centralhatchee | - | The Heard County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Centralhatchee | - | The Heard county 911 center reported quarter size hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Centralhatchee | - | The Heard county 911 center reported quarter-sized hail. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Centralhatchee | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Centralhatchee | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elery | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Glenloch | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Barkers Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hyatt | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Whispering Pines | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Simpson | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Unity | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Yellowdirt | 4.6 miles | 11 |
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 Centralhatchee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3093057 | The 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.






