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East Trion, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Trion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30753. It stands on Chappel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trion quadrangle.

East Trion within Chattooga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

525 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 525 fires within 5 miles of East Trion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,046 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 220 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 burning243
Arson/incendiarism220
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020CHATTOOGA006
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarism3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestTEEMS
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning8.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WALKER-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chattooga County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of East Trion: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Clay. 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
Aggregate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Halloysite MineClayPast Producer
Justice DepositAluminum, IronProspect
Menlo AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Chattooga County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Trion in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 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
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Trion$50,000The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported numerous (more than 50) trees and power lines blown down across the county with the most damage concentrated between Trion and Summerville. Widespread power outages were reported and several people were trapped in homes where trees had fallen on the structure. No injuries were reported.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindEast Trion$5,000The Chattooga County 911 center reported trees an power lines blown down along Highway 27 around Mountain View Road and Scenic Hill Road.
January 2009FloodEast Trion$2,000A survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia determined that flooding occurred on Racoon Creek at Hair Lake Road, and Spring Creek at Spring Creek Road. Small streams also overflowed their banks at Fish Hatchery Road and Ragland Road. In addition, the Chattooga River went into minor flood until the January 8th at 232 AM EST. Damage was confined to minor debris removal.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEast Trion$1,000Tree down at W Halls Valley Rd and Old Highway 27.
May 2025Tornado (EF0)East Trion-A tornado touched down across far northern Chattooga County,|between the small communities of Trion and Subligna just before|7PM EDT Sunday May 25th. Damage, mainly to trees being snapped|or uprooted started around Mountain View Road and Spring Creek|Road. Further tree damage was seen along Narrows Road heading up|Taylor Ridge. Very few if any access roads exist along the ridge|in this area, but additional damage that lines up with the|circulation on radar (from KHTX) occurred along Gore Subligna|Road where a carport solidly placed into the ground was ripped|out of the ground and a large tree snapped on a car nearby.
March 2021Flash FloodEast Trion-The Emergency Manager reported water over the roadway in the area near Ronni's Grocery on Mountain View Road. The water inundated nearby yards and approached the foundation of several homes. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 6 inches, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2021Flash FloodEast Trion-The Emergency Manager reported water over Old Highway 27 just outside the city limits of Trion. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 5 inches, resulting in the flash flooding of Chappel Creek and the nearby roadway.

Every storm recorded in Chattooga 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
Trion1.0 miles19
Welcome Hill2.4 miles19
Pennville2.8 miles19
Duck Creek (historical)4.7 miles19
Euthtilloga (historical)4.7 miles19
Farmersville5.3 miles16
Summerville5.4 miles16
Subligna5.6 miles20

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 Q122567385The 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 331626. 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.