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Lifsey, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Meansville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30295. The Survey maps it on the Zebulon quadrangle.

Lifsey within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

318 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Lifsey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,333 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 42 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 burning211
Arson/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking3

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
5 September 1997Debris and open burning12 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-PIKE-002
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PIKE003
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON011
21 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-PIKE-001
20 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON010
20 September 1997Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lifsey: 3 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Manganese, Iron. 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
W.M.Hartley PropertyManganese, IronProspect
F M Thompson PropertyMicaProspect
J.A.Partridge MineMicaPast Producer
Partridge MineMicaPast Producer
Thompson ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lifsey in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
April 2009LightningLifsey$24,000The Pike County Journal and Reporter of Zebulon reported that lightning struck a group of 16 cows lying down near a tree at a dairy farm on Kings Road near Meansville. All of the cows were dead at the scene.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLifsey$5,000Emergency manager reported several trees down along both eastbound and westbound Hwy 109 in southern Pike County.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLifsey$4,000The Pike County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down south of Zebulon from west through east of Meansville.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindLifsey$3,000The Pike County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down in the southeast part of the county.
March 2023Flash FloodLifsey-Law Enforcement reported inundation of Milwood Road due to floodwaters from a nearby pond. In addition to the 1.5 inches of rain that fell the previous day, radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches, with isolated amounts of up to 8 inches, fell on March 26, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2023Flash FloodLifsey-The public reported flooding at the intersection of Old Zebulon Road and Roberts Quarters Road. In addition to the 1.5 inches of rain that fell the previous day, radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches, with isolated amounts of up to 8 inches, fell on March 26, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2023Flash FloodLifsey-Law Enforcement reported flooding of Gibson Road due to highwater on Tenmile Creek. In addition to the 1.5 inches of rain that fell the previous day, radar estimates indicate that an additional 4 to 6 inches, with isolated amounts of up to 8 inches, fell on March 26, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2023Flash FloodLifsey-Law Enforcement reported flooding near the intersection of Highway 109 and Kings Road due to high water on Powder Creek. In addition to the 1.5 inches of rain that fell the previous day, radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches, with isolated amounts of up to 8 inches, fell on March 26, resulting in the flash flooding.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindLifsey-Minor structural damage to out building on Smyrna Road.

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Rose Hill2.1 miles9
Old Newnan (historical)2.8 miles9
Clearwater Springs3.0 miles9
Meansville3.6 miles9
Vega4.6 miles9
Zebulon4.8 miles9
Concord5.1 miles9
Bottoms5.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332212. 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.