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Ceres, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Roberta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31066. The Survey maps it on the Moran quadrangle.

Ceres within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Ceres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 642 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 18 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 burning111
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural11
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2001Debris and open burning4.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-CRAWFORD-003
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020CRAWFORD007
26 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burning4.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CRAWFORD-013
20 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CRAWFORD-011
13 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021CRAWFORD002
8 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ceres: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Forsyth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Knoxville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

8 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ceres in 8 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
January 2021Tornado (EF0)Ceres$25,000A National Weather Service survey found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 75 MPH and a maximum path width of 100 yards touched down along W. Hopewell Road just east of Horse Creek and travelled northeast, ending just east of Taylor Road. Multiple trees were blown down along W. Hopewell Road and Taylor Road and part of the roof of a home was blown off in this area. [1/1/21: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-0, Crawford, 2021:002].
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCeres$10,000EM and Public reported trees snapped and uprooted from Oak Grove Church Road a mile west of hwy 341 to hwy 80 at Sandy Point Rd.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCeres$10,000The Crawford County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down near the intersection of Hopewell Road and Highway 80.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindCeres$10,000The Crawford County 911 center reported numerous trees blown down across western and northern Crawford County from Highway 80 northwest of Roberta to Highway 341 south of Musella.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCeres$1,000Trees down at the intersection of hwy 80 and Hopewell road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCeres$1,000The Crawford County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Highway 341 and Dixon Road.
October 2021Flash FloodCeres-Georgia DOT reported the bridge on GA Highway 22 was closed due to flooding from Ulcohatchee Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
June 2016HailCeres-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail.

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Musella2.0 miles10
Sandy Point4.0 miles10
Knoxville5.8 miles11
Roberta6.0 miles8
Horns9.1 miles8
Francisville10.5 miles8
Hammett10.5 miles8
Gaillard11.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1946158. 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.