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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Hartsfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1977Taken 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.
Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940- (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
148 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 96 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT012 |
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-COLQUITT-017 |
| 5 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-COLQUITT-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Hartsfield | $125,000 | The 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 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Hartsfield | $75,000 | A 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartsfield | $20,000 | Numerous 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartsfield | $3,000 | Multiple trees and power lines were blown down across Colquitt county. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartsfield | - | Trees were blown down along Highway 37. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Hartsfield | - | Penny size hail was reported in Hartsfield. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Hartsfield | - | Penny size hail reported by the public. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Hartsfield | - | Golf ball size hail was reported by the Colquitt County Fire/Rescue. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartsfield | - | 65 mph wind gust reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hartsfield | - | Public reported golfball sized hail in Funston and Hartsfield. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Terrace (historical) | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Funston | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Center Hill | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Sigsbee | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Minnesota | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Doerun | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Schley | 8.0 miles | 9 |
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 Hartsfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058897 | The 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.




