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Elberta, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Warner Robins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31093. It stands on Echeconnee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Warner Robins NE quadrangle.

Elberta within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

182 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Elberta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 559 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 30 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 burning75
Arson/incendiarism30
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Equipment and vehicle use22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5

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 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Natural2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-BIBB-001
29 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HOUSTON-010
21 September 2010Natural2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BIBB-002
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Elberta: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Huber PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Huber Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Macon Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Houston County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elberta in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning, 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
June 2010LightningElberta$25,000The Macon Telegraph reported that lightning struck a home on Echeconnee Lane north of Centerville. The resulting fire was confined to the utility room.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindElberta$10,000The Houston County Emergency Manager reported that a carport was blown over on the north side of Warner Robins, and it damaged a pickup truck when it fell. Additionally, several small trees were blown down.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindElberta-Report of multiple trees down along Elberta road.
July 2017Flash FloodElberta-Public reported portions of Elberta Road near Warner Robins Wrecker and Towing was flooded due to heavy rainfall. Cars were reportedly stalled in the floodwaters. Radar estimates indicated that 3 to 4 inches of rainfall had occurred in the area, with localized amounts to 5 inches.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindElberta-The automated weather observation equipment at Robins Air Force Base, KWRB, reported a wind gust of 72 knots from the southwest at 0753 AM EDT.
February 2009Tornado (EF0)Elberta-The official on duty weather observer at Warner Robins Air Force Base reported that a very brief EF0 tornado touched down just off the end of one of the end of the runway and quickly moved into the adjacent woods. No damage was reported or observed.

Every storm recorded in Houston 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
Danes Meadow1.1 miles12
Honey Ridge Plantation1.5 miles12
Pike Acres1.7 miles12
Echo Glen2.2 miles12
Hunters Ridge2.6 miles12
Fox Meadow Estates2.6 miles12
Warner Robins2.8 miles11
Wallston2.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331641. 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.