Dialtown, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Covington-Porterdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30054. The Survey maps it on the Jersey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jersey quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
259 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Dialtown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 445 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 24 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 | 107 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-NEWTON-007 |
| 30 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-NEWTON-003 |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-NEWTON-003 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-NEWTON-004 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dialtown: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oxford Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dialtown in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Dialtown | $25,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 88 MPH and a maximum path width of 350 yards touched down in far northern Newton County along the Walton County line. This is where the most damage occurred, mainly along Wapakoneta Trail. Multiple softwood trees were snapped and uprooted with one causing damage to a vehicle. The tornado quickly moved eastward into Walton County. No injuries were reported. [04/05/17: Tornado #2, County #1/2, EF-1, Newton, Walton, 2017:061]. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dialtown | $10,000 | The Newton County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down across the county from around the intersection of Hickory Hill Drive and Mt. Zion Road southeast across Covington to around the intersections of Johnson River Road and at East End Road and King Bostick Road at Moores Road. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dialtown | $5,000 | Several trees down along dial mill Rd also near the intersection of Hightower Trail. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dialtown | - | Two trees down on a house along Industrial Park Blvd NE near Old Georgetown Rd. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Dialtown | - | An amateur radio operator relayed a report of quarter-sized hail from extreme northern Newton county in the Gum Creek area near the Rockdale county line. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Dialtown | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail between Oxford near Flint Hill or about half way between Oxford in Newton county and Walnut Grove in Walton 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy Hills | 0.3 miles | 17 | |
| Meadow View | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Essex Village | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Airport Grove | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Greenwood Acres | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Ridge | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Top Hill | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Cambridge Forest | 1.6 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122562094 | 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 331544. 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.







