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Ennis, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Deepstep census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31082. It stands on Lamars Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tabernacle quadrangle.

Ennis within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

118 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Ennis between 1993 and 2019, burning about 506 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 12 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 burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2016Debris and open burning7.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WASHINGTON-005
30 September 2005Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2008Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1995Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2001Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-WASHINGTON-014

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Ennis: 21 prospects, 13 producers, 6 past producers, 3 occurrences. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Clay, Aluminum, 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
Avant Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Georgia Kaolin No 1 MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
C M Hodges Sr ProspectAluminumProspect
Champion Paper and Fibre Co MineAluminumPast Producer
Anglo American MineClayProducer
Buffalo-China MineClayProducer
Gardner Mill No 9ClayProducer
Scott Mine & PlantClayPlant
Armstrong PitKaolinOccurrence
Bob Hodges ProspectKaolinProspect

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ennis in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
April 2017Tornado (EF1)Ennis$30,000A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 95 MPH and a maximum path width of 250 yards occurred in western Washington County. The tornado touched down along Highway 272 where it caused roof damage to a church and uprooted numerous large trees surrounding the church and within a nearby cemetery. The tornado moved east and weakened to EF0 intensity, causing minor damage to a roof at a home on Green Lane Road and uprooting numerous trees in the area. The tornado continued moving east snapping and uprooting trees as it crossed Lamar's Creek Road before ending along Smith Robson Road southwest of Sandersville. No injuries were reported. [04/03/17: Tornado #25, County #1/1, EF-1, Washington, 2017:057].
August 2021Thunderstorm WindEnnis$10,000The Washington County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across the county in a swath around 15 miles wide from the Deepstep and Tennille areas, northeastward across Sandersville into the Warthen and Davisboro areas.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindEnnis$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down across highway 272 near panther branch road.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Hebron3.8 miles8
Gardner4.1 miles7
Oconee4.2 miles7
Brook Springs4.6 miles8
Tabernacle5.4 miles8
Hazard5.8 miles7
Deepstep7.4 miles11
Goat Town7.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326268. 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.