Frogtown, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bogart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30666. The Survey maps it on the Statham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Statham quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Frogtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 336 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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 | 63 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| 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 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WALTON-001 |
| 22 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Frogtown: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H B Marble Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Thomas Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frogtown in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frogtown | $5,000 | The Oconee County Manager reported trees and power lines blown down from around the intersection of Hebron Church Road and Dove Creek Road to around the intersection of Moores Ford Road and Lane Creek Road. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Frogtown | $5,000 | The Oconee County Emergency Management Director reported minor flash flooding in some parts of the county as rainfall exceeded six inches in a 12-hour period. One road in a Bogart subdivision was closed because of flooding. Damage was confined to minor debris removal. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Englewood | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant Hills | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Fernwood | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Allen | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Ridge | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Osceola Village | 4.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356738. 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.







