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Chattoogaville, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lyerly census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30730. It stands on Hinton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chattoogaville quadrangle.

Chattoogaville within Chattooga County

On record in Chattoogaville

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

451 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 451 fires within 5 miles of Chattoogaville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,253 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 286 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
Arson/incendiarism286
Debris and open burning128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Natural1

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 2016Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-15
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism6.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2007Debris and open burning90 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CHATTOOGA-017
3 September 1995Arson/incendiarism3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chattooga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Chattoogaville: 8 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Unknown, Mills Creek AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Chattooga County

Storms near this place

9 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chattoogaville in 9 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 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
April 2009HailChattoogaville$100,000A CoCoRAHS spotter observed 2.0 inch diameter hail near Lyerly. The Chattooga County Emergency Management Director reported golf ball-sized hail in the far southern part of the county around Chattoogaville. This hail occurred from a separate thunderstorm from the one that spawned a tornado just southeast of Summerville and also dropped penny to quarter-sized hail across the northern part of the county.
September 2009FloodChattoogaville$20,000The Chattooga County Emergency Management Director reported that flooding continued across much of the county. However, additional monetary damage during this time frame was estimated to be near $20,000.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindChattoogaville$12,000The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported 8-10 trees blown down and a few outbuildings damaged west of Lyerly in far western Chattooga County along Oak Hill Road from near the Alabama state line to just past Josh Ward Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindChattoogaville$2,000The Chattooga County Emergency Management Director reported that at least six trees were down across the county.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindChattoogaville$250The Chattooga County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2021Flash FloodChattoogaville-The Emergency Manager reported the flooding of Sardis Church Road due to high water from the nearby Spring Branch. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 6 inches, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2021Flash FloodChattoogaville-The Emergency Manager reported water over Price Bridge Road from the Chattooga River. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 6 inches, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2021Flash FloodChattoogaville-The Emergency Manager reported Sardis Church Road closed due to high water from Spring Branch. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall of 4 to 6 inches occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
February 2009HailChattoogaville-The public observed penny-sized hail in Chattoogaville and Lyerly.

Every storm recorded in Chattooga 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
Taliaferro (historical)3.7 miles17
Holland4.0 miles17
Poetry4.5 miles16
Lyerly4.7 miles17
Sprite4.8 miles16
Perennial7.7 miles17
Cheney (historical)7.9 miles16
Berryton7.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326219. 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.