Fairchild, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Steam Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39845. The Survey maps it on the Fairchild quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
262 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Fairchild between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,316 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 37 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 burning | 173 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SEMINOLE-002 |
| 25 September 2016 | Natural | 88 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-SEMINOLE-002 |
| 25 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SEMINOLE007 |
| 17 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SEMINOLE005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fairchild: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairchild in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairchild | $50,000 | Straight line winds estimated between 60 and 70 mph damaged two vacant homes near Seminole State Park. Several trees were uprooted. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairchild | $1,000 | A few trees and power lines were down. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairchild | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 374 just north of Highway 253. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairchild | - | A tree was blown down on Paradise Dr. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairchild | - | A tree was blown down on Parkside Circle. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairchild | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 39 South. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Fairchild | - | High water closed a portion of State Highway 39 two miles north of State Highway 253. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Acres | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Desser | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Reynoldsville | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Steam Mill | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lela | 11.2 miles | 12 | |
| Riverturn | 11.6 miles | 13 | |
| Neals Landing | 11.8 miles | 13 | |
| Little Hope | 13.0 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Fairchild | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888760 | The 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 355752. 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.







