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Elpino, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Spence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39827. The Survey maps it on the Cairo North quadrangle.

Elpino within Grady County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

270 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Elpino between 1992 and 2020, burning about 607 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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 burning199
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking15
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural3

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 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grady County

Storms near this place

15 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elpino in 15 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 tornado, 2 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
November 2015Tornado (EF0)Elpino$10,000A brief tornado touched down near the intersection of Pine Level and Ridge Road in northern Grady county. The primary damage was to pine trees with minor roof damage to a mobile home. Law enforcement witnessed the tornado. This tornado was rated EF0 with max winds around 75 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindElpino$5,000Several power lines were blown down north of Cairo. Damage cost was estimated.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindElpino$2,000Shed and roof damage was reported.
March 2016Tornado (EF0)Elpino$2,000Two separate witnesses reported a brief tornado touchdown near Godwin Lane and County Line Road 262. The only damage was to power lines. This tornado was rated EF0.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindElpino$1,500Trees were blown down on Whigham Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
April 2024Flash FloodElpino-Water covered Live Oak Road.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindElpino-A tree was blown down onto a power line at Spring Hill Road and Highway 112N.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindElpino-A tree was blown down at Pine Level Road and Owens Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindElpino-Trees were blown down along Pine Level Road.
July 2022Flash FloodElpino-Water was reported over Highway 112.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindElpino-A tree was blown down onto Highway 112.
February 2012Heavy RainElpino-A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.19 inches was reported by CoCoRaHS site GA-GY-2.
March 2012Heavy RainElpino-A 24 hour total of 4.38 inches was measured at GA-GY-2.
November 2025HailElpino-no account filed
June 2023HailElpino-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grady 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
Capel2.4 miles12
Pleasant Grove3.6 miles12
Akridge3.9 miles12
Oak Grove (historical)4.0 miles9
Spence4.3 miles9
Woodland5.8 miles12
Pawnee6.4 miles9
Union Hill6.6 miles9

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 Q122560722The 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 326264. 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.