Fairview, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rock Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30557. It stands on Flat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Avalon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Avalon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
289 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 427 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 59 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 | 158 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Smoking | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-FRANKLIN-002 |
| 20 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Hail | Fairview | - | Public reported (via Social Media) mainly dime to nickel size hail, with a few stones up to quarter size. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Fairview | - | Public reported (via Social Media) mostly dime-to-nickel sized hail with a few quarter sized stones northeast of Avalon. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Fairview | - | Spotter reported ping pong ball size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Martin | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Fighting Pine | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Eastanollee | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Toms Creek | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Jarrett | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Union Hill | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hayes Crossing | 7.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 327780. 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.






