Griffith, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31076. The Survey maps it on the Roberta quadrangle.

Griffith within Taylor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Griffith between 1992 and 2020, burning about 826 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 21 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	118
Arson/incendiarism	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Natural	9
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
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
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
3 September 2011	Debris and open burning	96 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-CRAWFORD-004
29 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2019	Debris and open burning	4.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020CRAWFORD005
28 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2013	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-CRAWFORD-002
24 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020TAYLOR017

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

9 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Griffith in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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	Griffith	$25,000	The Taylor County Emergency Management Director reported that general flooding continued across eastern Taylor county for several hours after the flash flooding of the late evening hours of the 17th had subsided. Several roads, including Georgia Highway 96, remained under water for several hours. Additional damage was minimal compared to earlier flash flood-related damage.
September 2009	Flash Flood	Griffith	$25,000	The Taylor County Emergency Management Director reported a secondary flash flood event in the eastern part of the county as thunderstorms developed and began to train over that portion of the county as well. Georgia Highway 96, a major thoroughfare through the area, was flooded and closed just west of the Crawford county line. Portions of Georgia Highway 128 were also flooded near the Crawford county line as well. While damage to roads and bridges in the eastern portion of the county was not as extensive as in the western portion, significant damage was still observed.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffith	$15,000	The Taylor County Emergency Manager reported 4 to 5 mature pecan trees blown down near the intersection of Highway 137 and Montfort Road.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffith	$4,000	The Taylor County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down along Roberta Highway from around Fickling Mill Road to Highway 128.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffith	$3,000	Trees and powerlines down at Montfort Road and Jeff Young Road.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffith	$1,000	Tree down on State Road 137 near Montford Rd.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffith	-	Structural damage, downed trees, and downed powerlines along GA- 137 between GA- 208 north to Crowell Road.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffith	-	Several large trees were uprooted near residence, laying south, suggesting strong inflow from northern fringe of broad circulation aloft.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffith	-	Numerous softwood trees snapped or uprooted along Macon Road, just south of Roberta Highway.

Every storm recorded in Taylor 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
Fickling Mill	4.3 miles	8
Reynolds	5.3 miles	8
Beechwood	6.3 miles	8
Panhandle	6.9 miles	7
Potterville	8.5 miles	8
Butler	9.2 miles	7
Five Points	9.6 miles	8
Jarrell	9.8 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 344140. 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.