BlockGrooverville, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dixie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31643. The Survey maps it on the Grooverville quadrangle.
On record in Grooverville
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 1 record
Liberty Baptist Churchlisted 2013
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Grooverville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
98 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Grooverville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 780 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 76 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-THOMAS-003 |
| 20 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-BROOKS-008 |
| 17 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-BROOKS-009 |
| 7 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-BROOKS-001 |
| 3 July 1996 | 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 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grooverville in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grooverville | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down in Grooverville. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grooverville | $2,000 | A power line was blown down along Ramsey Road. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grooverville | - | Trees were blown down not far from Grooverville. This report was obtained via mping. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grooverville | - | Trees were blown down just north of Grooverville. This report was obtained via mping. |
| September 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Grooverville | - | A tornado tracked along the Brooks/Thomas county line with damage to trees. A dual-pol tornadic debris signature was observed on radar. No structural damage was reported, and this tornado was rated EF0. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grooverville | - | The public estimated wind gusts of at least 60 mph near the intersection of County Road 275 and County Road 78. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Grooverville | - | Quarter sized hail was reported by the public and relayed via Brooks county 911. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Grooverville | - | no account filed |
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 326314. 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.