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Farmington, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Watkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30677. The Survey maps it on the Watkinsville quadrangle. It stands 761 feet above sea level.

Farmington within Oconee 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Farmington between 1992 and 2019, burning about 357 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 16 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 burning84
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
2 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1993Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1998Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1998Smoking2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Farmington: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Branch ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Oconee County

Storms near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmington in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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
June 1994Tornado (F1)Farmington1 killed, 3 hurt, $500,000A tornado sporadically touched down and destroyed five homes, seven mobil homes, four chicken houses and three barns along U.S. 441 near the Oconee/Morgan county line. One fatality occurred in a mobil home on U.S 441 one mile north of the Oconee/Morgan county line. Three minor injuries also resulted from the homes damaged by tornadic winds. Numerous trees and power lines were also downed along U.S. Highway 441 from tornadic winds. (F27M)
March 2020Thunderstorm WindFarmington$75,000A National Weather Service survey determined that damaging thunderstorm wind gusts around 75 mph snapped or uprooted nearly 100 trees around a farm pond near the intersection of Price Mill Road and Branch Road.
August 2015Flash FloodFarmington$5,000The public reported Greenbrier Creek flooded JT Elder Road near the Georgia Nature Center around one mile north of Salem. The road was closed for a few hours due to the high water water. Minor erosion damage occurred to the road bed.
December 2000Thunderstorm WindFarmington$2,000The public reported trees and power lines down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindFarmington$1,500The Oconee County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in Farmington.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindFarmington$1,000The public reported that three trees were blown down on U.S. Highway 441 near Farmington, blocking the road.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindFarmington$1,000The public reported that one large tree and a shed were blown down.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindFarmington$750Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph knocked over two trees.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindFarmington$250The Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported that one tree was blown down.
May 2008HailFarmington-The Oconee County 911 Center reported hail of unknown size in the Watkinsville area. However, based on radar data from the same storm upstream in Walton County, of at least penny-sized was supported across the southern part of the county in the Farmington area.
July 2008HailFarmington-The public observed quarter-sized hail in southern Oconee county. Radar data indicated that this was mostly in the Farmington area southward toward the Greene county border.
February 2005HailFarmington-The Oconee County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail.
June 1999HailFarmington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oconee 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
Coventry1.6 miles12
Essex1.7 miles12
Poplar Springs2.7 miles12
Turpin (historical)2.8 miles11
Bishop3.1 miles12
Elder4.1 miles11
Salem4.2 miles11
Paradise Falls4.9 miles12

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 FarmingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19986603The 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 331700. 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.