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Felton, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Buchanan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30113. The Survey maps it on the Felton quadrangle. It stands 1,197 feet above sea level.

Felton within Haralson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

751 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 751 fires within 5 miles of Felton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,000 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 520 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
Arson/incendiarism520
Debris and open burning159
Equipment and vehicle use22
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HARALSON-006
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-POLK-005
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HARALSON-020
30 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Haralson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Felton: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hightower Bank & James YoungIronPast ProducerResidual
Wray MineIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Haralson County

Storms near this place

10 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Felton in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2005Tornado (F0)Felton$5,000A National Weather Service Damage Survey Team concluded that an F0 tornado touched down approximately one mile southeast of Felton in extreme northern Haralson county and ended at the Polk county line about one mile north of Felton. The damage path was approximately one mile long and 75 yards wide. Damage with this tornado was confined mostly to trees, although one barn was destroyed along the path. This tornado developed from the same storm cell which earlier spawned the F2 tornado in northern Heard and southern Carroll counties.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindFelton$4,000The Haralson County 911 center reported trees blown down along Highway 27 between Mormon Church Road and Harpers Creek Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFelton$2,000The Haralson County 911 Center relayed a report of numerous trees down across the Felton area.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindFelton$2,000The Haralson County 911 Center reported that two trees were down, also bringing down two power lines.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindFelton$2,000The Haralson County Emergency Management Director reported that four trees were down across the county, mainly north of Georgia Highway 120. A few power outages were also noted in the north part of the county.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindFelton-A large metal roofed car port destroyed. Multiple trees knocked down. Report and photos provided by local media via a viewer near Abernathy's Mill.
April 2009HailFelton-The Haralson County 911 Center reported that hail fell across much of the county. Radar data and reports from neighboring counties from the same thunderstorms support at least penny-sized hail. Exact times were estimated using radar data.
July 2008HailFelton-The public observed nickel-sized hail. Estimated wind gusts of 40 mph also blew down some trees in the area.
March 2003HailFelton-The public reported penny to nickel size hail.
May 2002HailFelton-The Haralson county 911 center reported golf ball size hail.

Every storm recorded in Haralson 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
Abernathys Mill1.8 miles16
Dugdown1.9 miles14
Latham (historical)3.4 miles16
Little Creek4.7 miles14
Buchanan6.2 miles16
Poplar Springs6.3 miles14
Steadman7.1 miles14
Tabernacle7.3 miles16

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 FeltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20657788The 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 326274. 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.