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Clem, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30116. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton quadrangle.

Clem within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

222 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Clem between 1992 and 2020, burning about 642 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 67 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 burning98
Arson/incendiarism67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020CARROLL003
5 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CARROLL-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll 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 Clem: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper. 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
(Facility) Carrollton Copper SmelterCopperPlant
Stacy MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clem in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
September 2019Thunderstorm WindClem$15,000The Carroll County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down from near Clem to Carrollton. A tree fell onto a home around the intersection of 1st Street and Avenue C.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindClem$8,000The Carroll County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down along Highway 16 between Clem-Lowell Road and Little New York Road, extending down to around Highway 5 and McIntosh Circle.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindClem$5,000Tree down at the intersection of whooping creek church road and whooping creek road. Several trees down further north along whooping creek road.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindClem$5,000The Carroll county 911 center reported trees and power lines down along Clem-Lowell road.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindClem$3,000The Carroll county 911 center reported trees down in Clem. WSB TV, Channel 2 in Atlanta, reported trees down on roads in Carrollton.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindClem$2,000Two trees down along high bluff trail near Newnan road, southeast of Carrollton.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindClem$2,000The Carroll County Emergency Manager reported tress and power lines blown down from the east side of Carrollton to Clem.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindClem$1,000Em reports tree down on oak mountain rd near truitt rd.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindClem$1,000Tree down in roadway along newnan rd near stripling chapel rd. Multiple vehicle collision with fallen tree.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindClem$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down on Foggy Bottom Dr near the intersection with Mink Hollow Dr.
September 2019HailClem-The public reported hail the size of quarters in Clem.
May 1999HailClem-The public reported dime size hail.

Every storm recorded in Carroll 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
Oak Mountain2.3 miles16
South Gate2.7 miles16
Cross Plains3.0 miles16
Chapel Heights Estates3.2 miles16
Oak Grove3.3 miles16
Knob Hill3.7 miles16
Dingler Crossroads4.3 miles16
Banning4.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331415. 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.