Corinth, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Franklin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30230. The Survey maps it on the Hogansville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hogansville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
180 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Corinth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 970 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 31 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 | 87 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HEARD-002 |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Smoking | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TROUP-003 |
| 4 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-TROUP-010 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corinth in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corinth | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down on Minardi Dr in SE Heard County. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Corinth | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail, possibly larger, in the far southeast corner of the county near Corinth. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Corinth | - | The Coweta county 911 center relayed a report of penny size hail. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Corinth | - | The Heard county 911 center reported golf ball size hail. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Corinth | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooksville | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Five Points | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Wilsons Store | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Capstan (historical) | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Owensbyville | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Enon Grove | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Franklin | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Riverside | 9.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 312974. 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.
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.




