Halcyondale, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Newington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30467. The Survey maps it on the Oliver quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1918 USGS Oliver quadrangle1:62500
- 1920 USGS Oliver quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Oliver quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Oliver quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Halcyondale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,279 acres in total. 12 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 burning | 138 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SCREVEN008 |
| 27 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-SCREVEN-011 |
| 24 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BULLOCH-006 |
| 9 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BULLOCH-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Halcyondale in 2 storm reports between 1994 and 2011: 2 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halcyondale | $5,000 | Emergency management officials reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halcyondale | $500 | An NWS Employee reported a 10 inch diameter Oak branch down 4 miles South Southwest of Captolo. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stalco | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Oliver | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cameron | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Captolo | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Newington | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Eureka Springs (historical) | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Cooperville | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Dover | 6.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356138. 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.










