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Esmond, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Griffin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30223. The Survey maps it on the Griffin North quadrangle.

Esmond within Spalding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

351 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of Esmond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 831 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 70 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 burning211
Arson/incendiarism70
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural6
Smoking2

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
5 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020SPALDING003
30 September 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-SPALDING-012
17 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spalding County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Esmond: 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gemstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese. 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
Griffin Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
The Turner QuarryGranitePast Producer
Walker PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect
Allen ProspectGemstoneProspect
Unnamed Beryl DepositGemstoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in Spalding County

Storms near this place

7 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Esmond in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 7 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2016Thunderstorm WindEsmond$5,000The Spalding County Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down on State Highway 16 west of Griffin.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindEsmond$1,000Tree down near the intersection of w mcintosh rd and westmoreland rd.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEsmond$1,000A tree was downed in the roadway in the 400 block of N Pine Hill Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEsmond$1,000Power lines were downed on Edwards Road .
July 2013Thunderstorm WindEsmond$250The Spalding County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down across Mount Zion Road at the intersection of Vaughn Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindEsmond-A N-S swath of trees blown down on the west side of Griffin as a line of storms swept through the area. Locations incl Vineyard Rd, Fayetteville Rd, Cardinal Dr, Oak Grove Rd.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindEsmond-Report of trees down on West Mcintosh Rd.

Every storm recorded in Spalding 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
Valdo (historical)2.5 miles9
Experiment2.7 miles9
Rio2.8 miles9
Highland Mills2.8 miles9
Zetella3.1 miles9
Vaughn3.3 miles9
Burdett (historical)3.7 miles9
Birdie3.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331669. 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.