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Griswoldville, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gray-Macon East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31217. The Survey maps it on the Dry Branch quadrangle.

Griswoldville within Jones 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.

Fires near this place

625 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 625 fires within 5 miles of Griswoldville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,538 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 76 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 burning322
Arson/incendiarism76
Misuse of fire by a minor49
Equipment and vehicle use45
Railroad operations and maintenance32
Smoking30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony22
Natural20

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-TWIGGS-011
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism56 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism24 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Griswoldville: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sandersville-MaconAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProspect1902, 1961
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceAlluvium
Hitchcock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Weston & Brooker Co Ruby QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ga Kaolin Mine 43,PitbKaolinProducer
No. 10 MineKaolinPast Producer
Old Flamoga MineKaolinPast Producer
Old Payne and Nelson MineKaolinPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jones County

Storms near this place

7 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Griswoldville in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2012: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2007Tornado (EF1)Griswoldville$500,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia concluded that an EF1 tornado touched down approximately three miles northwest of Griswoldville in southwest Jones county and tracked very close to Georgia Highway 49 lifting about two miles southwest of James. The tornado path was around four miles long with a maximum path width of 150 yards. Extensive damage was noted to commercial and residential buildings along the path of the tornado. Dozens of trees were down in the area, many falling on and causing damage to homes. A number of large hardwood and pine trees were either uprooted or snapped. Three metal warehouses sustained significant damage. In addition, nearly a dozen homes sustained minor roof damage along the path of the tornado. One small home suffered major damage to its exterior walls. Finally, a railroad crossing arm and support pole were knocked over.
May 2008HailGriswoldville$30,000The public observed golf ball-sized hail in the far southern part of Jones county near the Bibb and Twiggs county lines.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindGriswoldville$1,500Amateur radio operators relayed reports of several trees down near Griswoldville Road.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGriswoldville$1,000Fox Channel 24 television of Macon reported that a small and brief thunderstorm produced wind gusts causing a couple of trees and power lines to be blown down along the Griswoldville shortcut off Georgia Highway 49.
March 2005HailGriswoldville-The public reported quarter to half dollar-sized hail southwest of Griswoldville near the Bibb/Jones county line while WMAZ Television of Macon and the Jones County Emergency Management (EMA) Director reported nickel-sized hail south of Gray. The EMA Director indicated that the hail accumulated to a depth of six inches on the ground.
September 2004HailGriswoldville-The public reported dime to quarter-sized hail.
March 2002HailGriswoldville-The Jones county 911 center reported nickel to quarter size hail 10 miles south of Gray.

Every storm recorded in Jones 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Mountain Springs2.6 miles10
Van Buren (historical)2.7 miles14
Jones Acres3.0 miles12
Postell3.7 miles12
Pitts4.2 miles12
Kings View4.2 miles12
Bowden Hills4.3 miles12
Joycliff Estates4.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331874. 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.