Collier, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Forsyth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31029. The Survey maps it on the Johnstonville quadrangle.

Collier within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1951 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Johnstonville quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

254 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Collier between 1992 and 2020, burning about 646 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 26 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 burning	136
Equipment and vehicle use	33
Arson/incendiarism	26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23
Misuse of fire by a minor	15
Natural	9
Smoking	9
Recreation and ceremony	3

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
9 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Collier: 6 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
C A Ensign Mine	Mica	Past Producer
F B Willingham Prospect	Mica	Prospect
H B Manrey Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Ingraham Prospects	Mica	Prospect
L P Goodwin Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Old Callaway Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Old Childs Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Phinazee Mines	Mica	Past Producer
Thurman Mine	Mica	Past Producer
U.S.Fuller Prospect	Mica	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Collier in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2020	Tornado (EF3)	Collier	1 hurt, $10,000,000	This tornado is a regeneration from the same storm which caused the Upson County EF-3 tornado to the southwest. This tornado first touched down along Potts Cemetery Road downing a few trees continuing NE crossing Hwy 41 and Ingram Rd snapping and\|uprooting a few trees. This portion of the track was rated EF-0. The tornado intensified quickly NE of Hwy 41 into an EF-3 as it approached Goodwyne/Collier Rd. A large 100'x150' metal building and small home were completely destroyed. The metal frame and 3'x3'x3' concrete footers for the building were all pulled from the ground with the building and twisted amongst the wreckage leaving holes in the ground around the concrete slab. Several cars were flipped and thrown including a jeep which was thrown onto the small home which sat next to the metal building. The homeowner was inside his home in the bathroom sheltering and survived under the a large pile of debris from both the house and building. Rescue operations took 45 minutes to get to the homeowner under the debris. A small plane was destroyed, a mid-size tractor was \|flipped over and a boat was thrown from the tornado at this location. High end EF1/EF2 Tree damage occurred in the area to the surrounding and to the NE of the building. As the Tornado continued NE along Collier Rd, numerous trees were snapped and \|uprooted including a large tree onto a home near Collier and Smith Rd. The tornado crossed Interstate 75 near mile marker 188 throwing numerous trees onto the highway shutting it down for a period of time until they were cleared. By this point, the tornado\|intensity decreased to EF0/EF1 and continued NE crossing English Rd downing trees and eventually Hwy 42 before weakening. NWS Radar imagery suggests debris was lofted to as high as 19,000 FT from this particular tornado. [04/13/20: Tornado #13, County #1/1, EF-3, Monroe, 2020:019].
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Collier	$250,000	A National Weather Service survey team determined that a long-lived multiple microburst event moved from southeastern Lamar County into west central Monroe County with winds as high as 95 mph. The damage path, around 5 miles wide, entered the county along Brent Road near Lee Williamson Road where an amateur weather station recorded a wind gust of 93 mph. Numerous large hardwood trees were uprooted or snapped as the damage path extended east southeast over 12 miles before ending around the intersection of Shi Road and Highway 41 near Bolingbroke. Some of these trees fell on homes or other structures causing considerable damage. Many power lines were downed across this area as well. No injuries were reported.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Collier	$250,000	The Monroe County 911 Center reported that dozens of trees were down across the county. At least six homes sustained minor to moderate damage from downed trees. One home had a portion of its roof blown off by high winds.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Collier	$3,000	The Monroe County 911 Center reported that several power lines were blown down across Highfalls Road west of Forsyth.
April 2011	Hail	Collier	-	The Monroe County Emergency Management Director reported quarter-sized hail near Forsyth. WSR-88D radar data suggests that hail of quarter size likely began falling as the thunderstorm entered the western portion of the county near Collier then likely decreased to penny-size as the thunderstorm weakened and moved just north of Forsyth.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Brighton Mills	3.4 miles	14
Brighton Heights	3.4 miles	14
Forsyth	4.3 miles	14
Brent	4.5 miles	10
Box Ankle	5.3 miles	14
Star Mills	5.5 miles	14
Higgins Mill	5.7 miles	11
Logwall	5.8 miles	14

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 Collier	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888687	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 355243. 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.