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Crowville, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Paulding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30101. It stands on Little Pumpkinvine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Hickory Ridge quadrangle.

Crowville within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

241 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Crowville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 749 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 95 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
Arson/incendiarism95
Debris and open burning84
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PAULDING004
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Crowville: 10 occurrences, 9 past producers, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Manganese, Iron, Manganese. 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
Cochran PropertyManganeseProspect1918
Puckett PropertyIron, ManganesePast Producer1919
Pumpkinvine Creek Dredge No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Barium DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
Woodward ProspectGraphiteProspect
Dunaway MineGoldPast ProducerVein
J.J.HowardGoldPast ProducerVein
Merrit ProspectGoldProspectVein
RussellGoldProspectVein
Cemetery Hill Iron MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Paulding County

Storms near this place

9 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crowville in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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
September 2023LightningCrowville1 killedLightning struck a person while playing golf on September 12, 2023. Unfortunately, the person passed away several days later. Very little media attention existed at the time of occurrence. A reporter from St. Louis was doing a follow-up story on this with the family and notified the appropriate NWS personnel months later.
August 2021LightningCrowville$50,000The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported that lightning caused a structure fire on Pine Ridge Path near Seven Hills Boulevard.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindCrowville$5,000Trees and powerlines down blocking Hwy 61 near the Paulding and Bartow county line. Time estimated.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCrowville$2,000The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down near the intersection of Jasper Path and Dripping Rock Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCrowville$2,000The Paulding County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down around the intersection of Dabbs Bridge Road and Crystal Mountain Road.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindCrowville$2,000An amateur radio operator relayed a report that a few shingles and some guttering were blown off a home in the extreme northern part of Paulding county, near the Bartow county line. The house was located off Georgia Highway 61 near Harmony Grove Church Road.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCrowville$1,000The Paulding County 911 Center reported trees down at the intersection of Highway 61 and Douthit Bridge Road.
April 2025HailCrowville-Hen egg sized hail reported near dabbs bridge road and dripping rock trail.
March 2012HailCrowville-The public reported hail that lasted for at least 20 minutes in the area of Burnt Hickory Ridge Estates, northeast toward Harmony Grove Church Road. The hail started as pea-size and grew to nickel-size by around 5:25 PM EDT.

Every storm recorded in Paulding 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
Cedar Ridge1.1 miles18
Picketts Creek1.6 miles18
Picketts Crossing1.7 miles24
Cedar Crest Plantation1.8 miles24
Picketts Mill1.9 miles24
Picketts Plantation1.9 miles24
Allatoona Heights2.0 miles24
Cross Road Farms2.1 miles18

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 CrowvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888703The 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 355394. 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.