Kaolin, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sandersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31082. It stands on Robinson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deepstep quadrangle.

Kaolin within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Deepstep quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Kaolin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 972 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 16 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	100
Equipment and vehicle use	22
Natural	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Arson/incendiarism	16
Smoking	10
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Recreation and ceremony	4

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
9 September 2018	Debris and open burning	6.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2019WASHINGTON004
6 September 1993	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1995	Debris and open burning	3.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	15 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-WASHINGTON-011
22 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 1997	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Kaolin: 16 producers, 10 prospects, 4 past producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Clay, Aluminum, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Thiel Kaolin Co Mine	Aluminum, Kaolin	Past Producer
Deepstep Mine	Clay	Producer
No. 5 Hale Mine	Clay	Producer
Veal Mine	Clay	Producer
Avant Mine A	Kaolin	Producer
Avant Mine B	Kaolin	Producer
Chambers Mine Pit E	Kaolin	Producer
Chambers Mine Pit F	Kaolin	Producer
Chambers Mine Pit G	Kaolin	Producer
Chambers Mine Pit H	Kaolin	Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kaolin in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
January 2023	Tornado (EF1)	Kaolin	1 hurt	The tornado caused hundreds of trees to be blown down or snapped along and just north of Fall Line Fwy on the northern side of Sandersville. The tornado touched down just to the east of the Oconee Fall Line Technical College and traversed just north of the school, downing dozens of trees before crossing Deepstep Rd, just north of Fall Line Fwy, and damaging a metal warehouse building with portions of the roof being pulled back while blowing out sliding metal doors, breaking windows, and damaging cars in the parking lot. On the west side of the building a tractor-trailer was flipped with the driver sustaining minor injuries. The tornado continued NNE up the Freeway, narrowly missing the T J Elder Middle School, but snapping or blowing down nearly 80 percent of the trees. The storm then continued NNE, crossing Sparta road and moving into neighborhoods near and along Walden Rd where several dozen trees were blown in estimated 90 mph winds. Several homes received minor damage, a shed was destroyed by a downed tree, and a second story bedroom in one home was destroyed in part to a downed tree. The tornado then dissipated quickly thereafter along Ridge road.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tabernacle	4.2 miles	8
Silas (historical)	4.6 miles	11
Deepstep	4.7 miles	11
Sandersville	4.8 miles	9
Brook Springs	5.2 miles	8
Goat Town	5.3 miles	11
Warthen	6.6 miles	11
Tennille	7.2 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332128. 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.