Cork, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Flovilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30216. It stands on Little Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Berner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1951 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Berner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
250 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Cork between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,222 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 28 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 | 123 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019MONROE001 |
| 7 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cork: 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Feldspar, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athen Prospect | Vermiculite, Mica | Prospect | ||
| Feldspar Corp Jasper Quarry A | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Westbrooks Prospect | Mica, Feldspar | Prospect | ||
| Arnall Prospect | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| C M Sutton Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| E J Goggins Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Smith Mine | Mica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cork in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Cork | $30,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the tornado, which originated in southeast Pike county, strengthened to an EF3 and tracked across central Lamar resulting in extensive structural damage and two fatalities, then into northern Monroe county as an EF2, also causing extensive structural damage, weakened to an EF0 and briefly moved into extreme southeast Butts county before finally lifting. The tornado was in Butts county only about 1/2 mile. Damage within Butts county was confined to several downed trees in the area. One structure within Butts county suffered major damage along this final segment of the tornado's path.||[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #12, County #4-4, EF3, Pike-Lamar-Monroe-Butts, 2011:021]. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cork | $30,000 | The Jackson News Argus reported that a large 150 year-old Red Oak tree was uprooted during a thunderstorm. The tree fell on a 1992 Buick, destroying the vehicle, and also caused damage to the garage and part of the house. A cat, hiding underneath the vehicle, was also killed during the event. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cork | $1,000 | The Butts County 911 center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Highway 87 and Mt. Pleasant Church Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Flovilla | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Indian Springs | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Iron Springs Crossroads | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bibb (historical) | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pepperton | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Elgin (historical) | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Jackson | 7.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331461. 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.







