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Clinchfield, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Elko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31069. It stands on Okeetuck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Perry East quadrangle. It stands 259 feet above sea level.

Clinchfield within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

208 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Clinchfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 712 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 29 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 burning120
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use23
Natural13
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5

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
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burning8.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burning5.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HOUSTON-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Clinchfield: 5 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
Clinchfield Mine & Cement MillClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clinchfield QuarryLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Clinchfield QuarryIronOccurrence
Kathleen QuarryKaolinProducer
Perry Quarry & Lime PlantCalciumProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAlluvium
Clinchfield MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Perry Quarry No.2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Houston County

Storms near this place

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clinchfield in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
March 2005Thunderstorm WindClinchfield$2,000The Houston County 911 Center reported that one large tree was blown down onto U.S. Highway 341 at Georgia Highway 247, just northwest of Clinchfield. In additional, some power lines were down in the area as well.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindClinchfield$1,000Tree down at the intersection of S Highway 241 and Arena Road.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindClinchfield$1,000Tree snapped near the 2600 Block of Hwy 341 South.
December 2014Heavy RainClinchfield-COCORAHS observer reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 3.68 inches.
June 2011HailClinchfield-The Houston County Emergency Management Director reported quarter-sized hail near Clinchfield.

Every storm recorded in Houston 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
Pabst1.9 miles11
Hayneville2.3 miles11
Lea Glen2.9 miles11
Sand Bed3.2 miles11
Grovania3.5 miles10
Devonwood3.8 miles11
Grove Park5.2 miles11
Willow Run5.4 miles11

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.

Wikipedia article on ClinchfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5133708The 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 355193. 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.