Gladesville, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31064. It stands on Crow Branch. The Survey maps it on the Berner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1951 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Berner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
158 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Gladesville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 950 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 20 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 | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JASPER003 |
| 11 September 2016 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JASPER-004 |
| 7 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MONROE-002 |
| 22 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | ROUND HOLE |
| 19 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | JASPER |
| 19 August 1999 | Smoking | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Gladesville: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Feldspar, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athen Prospect | Vermiculite, Mica | Prospect | ||
| C H Greer Mine | Vermiculite | Past Producer | ||
| Feldspar Corp Jasper Quarry A | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Feldspar Corp. Jasper Quarry B | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Arnall Prospect | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Bell Cochran Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gladesville in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 1 hail, 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladesville | $2,500 | The Jasper County Emergency Manager reported 10 trees down just west of Monticello. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Gladesville | - | An amateur radio operator observed penny-sized hail in Hillsboro. Radar supported that hail this size or larger fell across much of southern Jasper county from the Butts county line east-southeastward to the Jones county line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kunsford (historical) | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| McElheneys Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Adgateville | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Minneta | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hillsboro | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Benton Crossing (historical) | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Goolsby | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Smiths Mill (historical) | 9.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356030. 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.







