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Kelleytown, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the McDonough census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30252. It stands on Little Cotton Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kelleytown quadrangle. It stands 817 feet above sea level.

Kelleytown within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

162 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Kelleytown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 388 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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 burning85
Arson/incendiarism20
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3

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
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020ROCKDALE001
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020NEWTON003
20 September 1997Debris and open burning3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Debris and open burning3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HENRY-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry 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 Kelleytown: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Jack Bell ProspectMicaProspect
Maddox MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms near this place

5 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kelleytown in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindKelleytown$70,000Several trees uprooted and snapped along hwy20 near mountain laurel drive.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindKelleytown$3,000Em reports several trees down near and along conyers rd, harper rd and airline rd.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindKelleytown$250A National Weather Service employee reported a large oak tree down along Georgia Highway 20 northeast of McDonough.
December 2014Heavy RainKelleytown-COCORAHS observer reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 2.41 inches.
May 1999HailKelleytown-The public reported dime size hail.

Every storm recorded in Henry 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
Julia2.5 miles18
Whitehouse2.6 miles18
Millers Mill2.8 miles18
Brannan4.6 miles18
Brownwood5.3 miles18
Woodhaven Estates5.3 miles18
Highland Village5.5 miles18
Pine Valley Estates5.6 miles18

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 KelleytownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q11110040The 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 332137. 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.