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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.

Charles within Toombs County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

515 since 1992

Regional 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 burning273
Arson/incendiarism86
Equipment and vehicle use58
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Smoking18
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural13
Railroad operations and maintenance7

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
3 September 2011Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-TOOMBS-012
28 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minor3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2005Smoking3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TOOMBS014
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TOOMBS011
22 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1996Debris and open burning2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-TOOMBS-017

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Toombs County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceAlluvium

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Tornado (EF1)Charles$50,000A 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 2009FloodCharles$3,000The 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.

Every storm recorded in Toombs 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
Vidalia0.9 miles9
Lyons5.8 miles10
Santa Claus6.2 miles10
Normantown6.6 miles9
Center6.7 miles9
South Thompson8.4 miles9
Ponderosa9.4 miles10
Elton (historical)10.0 miles9

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.