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Klondike, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Elko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31036. The Survey maps it on the Klondike quadrangle.

Klondike within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

313 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Klondike between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,105 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 30 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 burning204
Equipment and vehicle use40
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Smoking10
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
9 September 2005Debris and open burning4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burning8.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burning5.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PULASKI009
29 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-PULASKI-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Klondike: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAlluvium

Every working recorded in Houston County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Klondike in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
July 2013Flash FloodKlondike$15,000The Houston County emergency manager reported a portion of Barrett Road near Klondike had a culvert washed out which damaged the road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindKlondike$1,000Tree down across road on GA-247 near Waste Treatment Plant.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindKlondike$1,000Tree and powerlines down near intersection of Klondike Rd and Barrett Rd.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindKlondike-Multiple trees down near the intersection of County Line Rd and Poke Rd.

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
Hayneville3.4 miles11
Grovania4.8 miles10
Clinchfield5.6 miles11
Pabst6.9 miles11
Elko7.0 miles10
Sand Bed7.8 miles11
Grove Park8.2 miles11
Lea Glen8.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332157. 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.