Clarking, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31562. The Survey maps it on the Saint George quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1918 USGS Moniac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Moniac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS St George quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
194 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Clarking between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,526 acres in total. 84 started naturally. 38 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 84 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Natural | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021CHARLTON011 |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | 45 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-CHARLTON-009 |
| 24 September 1997 | Natural | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CHARLTON-016 |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | 25 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | 44 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CHARLTON-002 |
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 Clarking: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kyanite, Titanium, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Concentrator | Aluminum, Kyanite, Titanium, Zirconium | Plant |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarking in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flood | Clarking | - | Water flooded portion of Highway 94 between Fargo and Moniac. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Clarking | - | A total of 5 houses were damaged with one house sustaining major structural damage. Possible tornado induced damage was along State Road 185 near Mile Marker 2. Numerous power lines were reported down in southern Charlton County. The mesocyclone which dropped this tornado was tracked through Columbia and Baker Counties in Florida and spanned several tornadoes there. The mesocyclone also moved into western Nassau County Florida with a brief touchdown there. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boggy | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Saint George | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Moniac | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Toledo | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Stokesville | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Stanley Landing | 17.0 miles | 11 | |
| Traders Hill | 18.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ferry Landing | 19.1 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.
| Wikidata item Q122572846 | 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 331407. 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.







