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Hartsfield, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Funston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31756. It stands on Slocumb Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hartsfield quadrangle. It stands 344 feet above sea level.

Hartsfield within Colquitt 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 1977

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Oakfield, Georgia; H.W. Garrett at Doerun Courier, Doerun, Georgia; J.B. Green, Hartsfield, Georgia; Mauldin and Saunders homes, Worth County, Georgia
Oakfield, Georgia; H.W. Garrett at Doerun Courier, Doerun, Georgia; J.B. Green, Hartsfield, Georgia; Mauldin and Saunders homes, Worth County, Georgia
Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940- (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Hartsfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 397 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 15 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 burning96
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2

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
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020COLQUITT012
26 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Debris and open burning3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-COLQUITT-017
5 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-COLQUITT-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colquitt County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hartsfield in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2005Tornado (F1)Hartsfield$125,000The tornado, which crossed into Colquitt County from Mitchell County, caused minor damage to some homes along Highway 37. Several downed trees blocked the highway just east of the county line. Two chicken houses on Bryant Road sustained minor roof damage. The tornado weakened as it crossed County Road 202, toppling trees and utility pole, and dissipated near Moss Lake. The storm survey was conducted by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
July 2003Tornado (F0)Hartsfield$75,000A weak tornado touched down just southwest of Hartsfield. It downed several trees and power lines,and destroyed a few mobile homes. Three barns were damaged. A truck was totaled by a fallen tree. A trampoline was wrapped around a pine tree. Reported by the Colquitt County EMA.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindHartsfield$20,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county. There was also minor damage to 6 homes and 1 business in Colquitt county. The home and business damage was obtained via a Georgia Emergency Management tweet. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHartsfield$3,000Multiple trees and power lines were blown down across Colquitt county.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindHartsfield-Trees were blown down along Highway 37.
February 2008HailHartsfield-Penny size hail was reported in Hartsfield.
April 2006HailHartsfield-Penny size hail reported by the public.
December 2005HailHartsfield-Golf ball size hail was reported by the Colquitt County Fire/Rescue.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindHartsfield-65 mph wind gust reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
May 1998HailHartsfield-Public reported golfball sized hail in Funston and Hartsfield.

Every storm recorded in Colquitt 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
Bay3.1 miles8
Terrace (historical)5.5 miles9
Funston5.6 miles9
Center Hill6.8 miles8
Sigsbee7.0 miles10
Minnesota7.4 miles9
Doerun7.7 miles9
Schley8.0 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on HartsfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058897The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331923. 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.