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Grovania, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Elko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31036. The Survey maps it on the Unadilla quadrangle.

Grovania within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Grovania between 1992 and 2019, burning about 970 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 25 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 burning134
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use25
Smoking8
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
4 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burning8.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burning5.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HOUSTON002
3 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HOUSTON-006
29 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HOUSTON003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Grovania: 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Iron, Calcium. 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
Clinchfield Mine & Cement MillClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clinchfield QuarryLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Clinchfield QuarryIronOccurrence
Perry Quarry & Lime PlantCalciumProducer
Clinchfield MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Perry Quarry No.2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Houston County

Storms near this place

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grovania in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGrovania$15,000The Houston County 911 center reported numerous trees and powerlines blown down from near Elko to Warner Robins and Bonaire. Locations include Elko Road at Gilbert Road, Bear Branch Road at Sand Ridge Drive, Old Perry Road at Roberts Road, near the intersection of Chattooga Way and Hiawassee Drive, and on Elaine Drive.
November 2014Thunderstorm WindGrovania$2,000The Houston County Emergency Manager reported trees uprooted and a home with windows blown out.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindGrovania$1,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGrovania-Multiple trees down across Ellis Rd.
July 1997HailGrovania-Dime to quarter sized hail fell between Grovania and 11 miles south of Perry.

Every storm recorded in Houston 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
Hayneville2.6 miles11
Elko3.3 miles10
Grove Park3.4 miles11
Clinchfield3.5 miles11
Klondike4.8 miles10
Pabst5.5 miles11
Lea Glen5.5 miles11
Devonwood5.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331877. 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.