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Knott, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the LaGrange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30241. The Survey maps it on the Mountville quadrangle.

Knott within Troup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Knott between 1992 and 2018, burning about 662 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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 burning111
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking10
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony5

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 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning5.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-TROUP-002
2 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance5.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Debris and open burning3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-TROUP-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Troup County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Knott: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Ben Burts MineMicaPast Producer
Lagrange QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hart ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Mat Teague ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Pothill MineChromiumPast Producer
Turner MineChromiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Troup County

Storms near this place

9 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knott in 9 storm reports between 2016 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
June 2018Thunderstorm WindKnott$8,000The Troup County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down across LaGrange.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindKnott$6,000The Troup County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down at Upper Big Springs Road and Knott Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKnott$2,000Emergency manager passed along two reports of trees down along Upper Big Springs Rd near the I85 overpass between S Davis Rd and Callaway Church Rd.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindKnott$1,000Tree downed on two vehicles near mile marker 49 along interstate 185. no injuries.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindKnott$1,000Report of a tree down on the 700 block of stewart rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKnott$1,000Report of tree down at Towns Rd and Greenville Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKnott$1,000Tree downed across Knott Road near Lindsay Taylor Dr.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindKnott-Report of multiple trees down at exit 46, Big Springs Rd, on I-185 completely blocking road.
July 2016HailKnott-The Troup County 911 center reported quarter size hail near the intersection of Lafayette Parkway and South Davis Drive.

Every storm recorded in Troup 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
Big Springs2.1 miles11
Mountville3.6 miles10
Hilyer3.6 miles11
Bartley Road Estates4.0 miles15
Federal Hills4.0 miles15
Greenwich Woods Estates4.0 miles12
Pleasant Grove4.1 miles11
Whitfield4.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332158. 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.