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Kathleen, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It lies in ZIP code area 31047. The Survey maps it on the Hayneville quadrangle. It stands 330 feet above sea level.

Kathleen within Houston County

On record in Kathleen

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

295 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Kathleen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 829 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 47 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 burning129
Arson/incendiarism47
Misuse of fire by a minor41
Equipment and vehicle use24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural13
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony10
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
6 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2011Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HOUSTON-009
11 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kathleen: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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
Bear Creek Road QuarryKaolinOccurrence
Kathleen QuarryKaolinProducer

Every working recorded in Houston County

Storms near this place

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kathleen in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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
October 2015Thunderstorm WindKathleen$35,000The Houston County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees blown down in Kathleen, including two trees blown down onto houses on Roberts Road and South Blackberry Circle.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindKathleen$5,000The Houston County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down onto a vehicle in Perry, causing damage. At another location, the Houston County Sheriff reported that a tree was blown down in Kathleen.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindKathleen$5,000Houston county 911 reported thunderstorm winds knocked trees down on houses and cars along highway 129 just south of Kathleen.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKathleen$1,000Tree and powerlines down across S Old Perry Road near hwy 127.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindKathleen$750A trained spotter reported two trees down on Sandefur Road near Houston Lake Road and another tree down at Lake Joy Road and Sandefur Road.
November 2011HailKathleen-An amateur radio operator observed quarter-sized hail near the Houston county courthouse.
April 2010HailKathleen-Amateur radio operators relayed reports of penny-sized hail near Kathleen.
March 2010HailKathleen-Amateur radio operators relayed reports of nickel-sized hail, mostly south of Warner Robins.
December 2005HailKathleen-The public reported penny-sized hail.
May 2001HailKathleen-The public reported nickel size hail in Kathleen and dime size hail in Perry.
June 2000HailKathleen-The public reported dime size hail 1 mile north of the intersection of Georgia Highway 127 and Moody Road.
October 1997Funnel CloudKathleen-Houston county EMA reported a funnel sighting in the east part of the county.
May 1998HailKathleen-no account filed

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
Claybed1.5 miles11
Willow Run2.0 miles11
Woodard Estates2.3 miles12
South Pointe2.6 miles12
Sand Bed2.8 miles11
Beaver Creek3.0 miles12
South Springs3.1 miles12
The Heather on Houston Lake3.1 miles12

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 KathleenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6376645The 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 332130. 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.