BlockFarmville, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fairmount census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30701. The Survey maps it on the Sonoraville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1890 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Adairsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Adairsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Sonoraville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
336 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 336 fires within 5 miles of Farmville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,115 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 92 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 | 170 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 92 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
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 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-GORDON-001 |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-GORDON-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Farmville: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Painter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| R T Dempsey Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
11 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmville in 11 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 6 hail, 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Hail | Farmville | $290,000 | The public reported hail the size of tennis balls on Sonora Drive SE, leaving dents in cars. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmville | $6,000 | The Gordon County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down from around Sonoraville Elementary School to Highway 411 and Liberty Church Road in Ranger. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmville | $2,000 | Report 3-inch tree limbs broken and power poles broken 1000 block Plainview Rd. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmville | $2,000 | Large tree reported down on powerlines near intersection of Erwin Hill Church Road and Erwin Hill Road, southeast of Calhoun. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmville | $1,000 | The Gordon County 911 center reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Erwin Hill Road and Plainview Road. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Farmville | - | Mping report of 1 inch hail southeast of Calhoun. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Farmville | - | Report from mping. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Farmville | - | Hail report from MPING of 0.75 hail near Erwin Hill Rd SE and Plainview Rd SE. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Farmville | - | Report of quarter sized hail reported near Plainview Rd and Erwin Hill Rd. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Farmville | - | The EF-1 tornado first touched down along Hammond Road where several trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado continued ENE causing damage to several homes along Langston Road SE including siding and roof damage as well as destroying an outbuilding. The tornado continued ENE to the north of Hammond Road snapping and uprooting trees crossing Cash Road and through a largely wooded area until it reached|McEntyre Loop. Several trees and powerlines were snapped and a barn was nearly destroyed. The tornado continued ENE crossing Creek Ridge Dr uprooting a few trees in the area. As the tornado crossed Mt. Olive Road several trees were uprooted on a hillside to the east of the road. These were the last damage indicators found thus the tornado is presumed lifted shortly thereafter and in the area of Young-Wright Lake. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Farmville | - | A Bartow County 911 Center employee reported dime to quarter size hail at their residence on Erwin Hill Road, near the Gordon/Bartow County line. The hail covered the lawn and car hoods. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoraville | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Big Spring (historical) | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Blackwood | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Cash | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bowls (historical) | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Yarbroughs Mill | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Fambro (historical) | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Lewis Corner | 4.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331701. 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.