Flat Rock, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Little River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31024. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Sinclair West quadrangle.

Flat Rock within Putnam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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.

1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Lake Sinclair West quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

287 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Flat Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 637 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 18 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	177
Equipment and vehicle use	30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Arson/incendiarism	18
Natural	17
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Smoking	9
Recreation and ceremony	8
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
8 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2021PUTNAM002
7 September 1997	Recreation and ceremony	10 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-PUTNAM-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

19 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flat Rock in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 2011	Tornado (EF1)	Flat Rock	$1,000,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that yet another EF1 tornado had touched down in east central Georgia. This was a weak EF1 tornado that touched down in southeast Putnam county near the town of Flat Rock and traveled northeast into western Hancock county before lifting. The tornado weakened to an EF0 strength as it moved into Hancock county and lifted approximately six miles northwest of Devereux. The total path length of the tornado was determined to be seven miles, of which slightly less than four miles fell within Putnam county. The maximum path width was determined to be 200 yards with maximum winds estimated to be 90 mph. Much of the path of the tornado was across Lake Sinclair. There were essentially two segments of the tornado path, but both segments were within two miles of each other. Thus, this has been considered as one tornado path. Four homes were heavily damaged or destroyed near the lake and the eastern border of Putnam county, mostly from uprooted large trees down on the structures. A nearby outbuilding had its roof completely lifted off. Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted along the path of the tornado. Several power lines were also down as well.\|\|[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #14, County #1-2, EF1, Putnam-Hancock, 2011:023].
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$8,000	The Gold Store in Flat Rock reported several trees down, including one that damaged a house.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$5,000	The Putnam County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down in the Lake Sinclair area from around Crooked Creek Road and Scuffleboro Road to around Twisting Hill Road and Twisting Hill Drive.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$5,000	The Putnam County 911 Center reported two trees down on power lines at the intersection of Pea Ridge Road and Flatrock Road.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$3,000	The Putnam County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down in the southeast part of the county around Flat Rock.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$2,000	Em reports two trees down across 700 block of Milledgeville Rd.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$2,000	The public reported thunderstorm winds knocked a tree onto a mobile home, causing damage.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$1,000	Powerlines down along south leisure lane near the intersection of dogwood drive southeast.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$1,000	Powerlines down along scuffleboro road near the intersection of gregory lane.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$1,000	EM reports tree down across Twin Bridges Rd near Millidgeville Rd.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$1,000	Em reports tree down across Pine Knoll Ct.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$1,000	Em reports tree down across Possum Point Dr.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$1,000	Em reports tree down across Pea Ridge Rd near Lisa Woods Ln.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$1,000	A tree was reported down near the intersection of Ray road and Milledgeville Road.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$1,000	Report of tree down on Jackson Rd SE.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$1,000	The Putnam County 911 center reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Pea Ridge Road Southeast and Clopton Drive Southeast.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Flat Rock	$250	The local Fire Department reported that one tree was blown down.
May 2003	Hail	Flat Rock	-	The Putnam county 911 center reported penny-sized hail on U.S. 441 near the Baldwin county line.
June 2000	Hail	Flat Rock	-	The Gold Store in Flat Rock reported dime size hail.

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Nona	1.9 miles	10
Dennis	2.1 miles	10
Hallwood	2.5 miles	10
Meda	4.0 miles	10
Warfield	5.6 miles	11
Clopton (historical)	6.1 miles	12
Resseaus Crossroads	6.7 miles	12
Oconee Springs	7.2 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331726. 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.