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Dunlap, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Crawford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30683. The Survey maps it on the Athens East quadrangle.

Dunlap within Oglethorpe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

175 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Dunlap between 1992 and 2019, burning about 306 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 20 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 burning102
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony2
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
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-OGLETHORPE-009
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-OGLETHORPE-014
22 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-OGLETHORPE-010
14 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oglethorpe County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunlap in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2021Tornado (EF0)Dunlap$100,000A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 80 MPH and a maximum path width of 200 yards touched down along Robert Hardeman Road on the Clarke/Oglethorpe county line just south of Winterville. The tornado travelled east, snapping and uprooting several trees from Robert Hardeman Road across W. Beaverdam Road to just past Arnoldsville Road. Along Tim Lane, a roof was blown off a small barn. The tornado ended just south of Hargrove Lake Road where just a few larger tree limbs were seen snapped. [5/3/21: Tornado #5, County #1/1, EF-0, Oglethorpe, 2021:013].
February 2019Thunderstorm WindDunlap$25,000The Oglethorpe County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across the northern part of the county from Dawson Road between Arnoldsville and Winterville to Lexington-Carlton Road near Sandy Cross.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindDunlap$15,000The Oglethorpe County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the far northern part of the county, near the Madison county line. Trees were down near Arnoldsville, Lake Hargrove, and on Chapel Road. Damage was reported to a vehicle and a home from downed trees. A roof was also blown off a barn.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDunlap$10,000The Oglethorpe County 911 Center reported that several dozen trees were down throughout the county.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDunlap$1,000Report of a tree down on Beaverdam Road at Beaver Trail.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDunlap$1,000The Oglethorpe County 911 center reported a tree blown down along West Beaverdam Road.
July 2018HailDunlap-A city hall employee reported ping pong ball size hail at their home east of Winterville.

Every storm recorded in Oglethorpe 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
Arnoldsville3.9 miles11
Smithonia5.3 miles14
Crawford7.2 miles11
Hutchins8.9 miles10
Lexington9.5 miles11
Sandy Cross9.9 miles11
Stephens12.0 miles10
Point Peter13.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331602. 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.