BlockFrancisville, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Roberta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31078. It stands on Boggy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Roberta quadrangle.
On record in Francisville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Col. Benjamin Hawkins Gravesitelisted 2011 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Roberta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
212 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Francisville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 962 acres in total. 9 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 | 126 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| 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 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CRAWFORD-004 |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 96 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-CRAWFORD-004 |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CRAWFORD005 |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-CRAWFORD-002 |
| 24 September 1993 | 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
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Francisville in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Flood | Francisville | $10,000 | The Crawford County Emergency Management Director reported that general flooding continued for several hours after flash flooding had subsided. Several roads remained under water throughout the night and early morning hours. Additional minor damage was observed from the flooding. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Francisville | $10,000 | The Crawford County Emergency Management Director reported considerable flash flooding across the county. Georgia Highway 128 was closed because of flooding and six secondary roads were washed out and closed because of flooding. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Francisville | $3,000 | The Crawford County 911 Center reported trees blown down around Walkers Chapel Road and Highway 128. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Francisville | $3,000 | The Crawford County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down along Whitaker Road. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Francisville | $2,000 | The Crawford County Emergency Management Director reported that heavy rainfall had flooded some dirt roads in the county and rendered them impassable. Minor flooding was also observed in fields in woodlands adjacent to creeks and streams throughout the county. Damage was confined to minor debris removal. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Francisville | $1,500 | The Crawford County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down on Highway 22/80 west of Roberta. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Francisville | - | Report of trees down near intersection of US 80 and Pleasant Hill Church Rd. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Francisville | - | The parent storm responsible for tornadoes in Taylor County |recycled yet again in Crawford County and another EF1 tornado |touched down as it approached the town of Roberta from the |Southwest. The tornado first touched down along Hwy 128 and Pope |Road snapping a few trees before destroying 2 barns at a farm on |the south side of Hwy 128 and severely damaging a third. The home |nearby also sustained significant roof damage and broken windows. |The tornado crossed to the north side of Hwy 128 traveling through|mostly wooded areas before reaching several homes along Ridgon Rd|and Beech Blvd. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted around |the homes. A shed was lifted and flipped over on its roof, a car |was smashed by a tree and some siding and roof damage occurred to |the 2 homes. The storm crossed Hwy 128 again where several homes |sustained shingle damage an numerous trees were snapped and |uprooted along Seagler Road and Myrtle Drive. The tornado |continued east crossing S. Duggar Ave and S. Matthews St.snapping |and uprooting trees with mostly EF0 type wind damage. The storm |then turned NE crossing HWY 42 near Old Knoxville Road where a few|trees were downed. The storm then continued NE crossing Running |Deer Rd, Sandy Point Circle, Daisy Lane before lifting shortly |after crossing Causey Road. All of the damage from the south side |of Roberta east to the end of the path was EF0. The EF1 level |damage occurred from the beginning of the path to Rigdon Rd. [4/5/22: Tornado #5, County #1/1, EF-1, Crawford, 2022:008]. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 342926. 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.