BlockCoffinton, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lumpkin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31815. It stands on Mathias Branch. The Survey maps it on the Twin Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Twin Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Coffinton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 226 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning | 29 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-STEWART-005 |
| 23 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 6.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-STEWART-001 |
| 9 July 2004 | Natural | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Coffinton: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattahoochee River Prospect | Titanium, Zirconium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coffinton in 1 storm report in 2014: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Coffinton | $25,000 | A NWS storm survey team found that an EF-1 tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 110 MPH, crossed the Chattahoochee River from Barbour County, Alabama into southwest Stewart County, Georgia southwest of the community of Coffington. The tornado tracked northeast for nearly 14 miles before lifting near the community of Julia along State Highway 39. The tornado mainly caused damage to trees with numerous hardwood and softwood trees either snapped or uprooted. [11/23/14: Tornado #1, County #1-1, EF1, Stewart, 2014:018]. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roanoke (historical) | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Sanford | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Florence | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Beatrice | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sunlight (historical) | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Childs Place | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Power Place | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Perkins Place | 8.9 miles | 12 |
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 Q122566605 | 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 331426. 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.