Charles, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vidalia-Lyons census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30474. The Survey maps it on the Vidalia quadrangle.
On record in Charles
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Vidalia Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1996 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
515 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 515 fires within 5 miles of Charles between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,344 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 86 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 | 273 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 86 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 58 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TOOMBS-012 |
| 28 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TOOMBS014 |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TOOMBS011 |
| 22 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TOOMBS-017 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Charles: 1 occurrence. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charles in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Charles | $50,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 95 MPH and a maximum path width of 440 yards touched down in a residential section of southeast Vidalia between Laurel Drive and Maple Drive. The tornado moved east-northeast crossing Highway 280 where it damaged the roofs of several businesses bent a large flag pole near Brantley's Marine and Guns. The tornado continued moving east-northeast snapping or uprooting numerous trees until ending just north of the city of Lyons along U.S. Highway 1. No injuries were reported. [05/24/17: Tornado #7, County #1/1, EF-1, Toombs, 2017:081]. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Charles | $3,000 | The Toombs County Emergency Management Director reported minor flooding of Swift Creek along Davis Road northeast of Vidalia. A building adjacent to the creek suffered damage from flooding. Some minor debris removal, adjacent to the creek, was also required. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vidalia | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lyons | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Santa Claus | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Normantown | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Center | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| South Thompson | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ponderosa | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Elton (historical) | 10.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331373. 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.





