East Thomaston, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Thomaston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30286. The Survey maps it on the Thomaston quadrangle.
On record in East Thomaston
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
W. A. Harp Houselisted 1990 · 0.4 miles away
Sydney Barron Houselisted 1994 · 0.6 miles away
Upson County County Courthouselisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away- John and Effie McDaniel Houselisted 2021 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
497 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 497 fires within 5 miles of East Thomaston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,482 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 64 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 | 289 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-UPSON-003 |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-UPSON-011 |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-UPSON-007 |
| 29 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020UPSON013 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of East Thomaston: 14 prospects, 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B S Gibson Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Barron Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Bennie Barron Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Bentley Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Boyt Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Brown Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Corley Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Corley Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Cumbie Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Emmit Trice Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Thomaston in 1 storm report in 2002: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Thomaston | $500 | An amateur radio operator reported that one inch tree limbs were down in East Thomaston near the intersection of Georgia Highway 36 and Georgia Highway 74. Trees were reported down in Thomaston by the public. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomaston | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lincoln Park | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Silvertown | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Paynes Mill | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| McKinney | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Redbone Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hannahs Mill | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Blacksboro (historical) | 4.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122562991 | 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 331625. 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.






