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Decora, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sugar Valley-Resaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30701. It stands on Vanns Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redbud quadrangle.

Decora within Gordon 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

302 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of Decora between 1992 and 2019, burning about 855 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 85 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 burning164
Arson/incendiarism85
Equipment and vehicle use18
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3
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
9 September 1993Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gordon County

Storms near this place

3 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Decora in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Thunderstorm WindDecora$25,000A trained spotter and the public reported trees blown down and damage to roofs from Bowdoin Lane in the far southern portion of the county northeast to Hensley Road SE and Charmin Circle SE south of Calhoun.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindDecora$2,000Two trees down along Oak Grove Road SW .
August 2020Flash FloodDecora-A state official reported water over Bray Road. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 4 inches of rain occurred over the area, causing the flooding.

Every storm recorded in Gordon 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
Soapstick0.9 miles19
Nickelsville1.6 miles18
Angelville1.6 miles19
Midway (historical)1.7 miles18
Audubon2.5 miles18
Fidelle2.8 miles18
Hunts Corner3.5 miles18
Crane Eater3.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334437. 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.