Linton, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Linton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31087. It stands on Little Tiger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deepstep quadrangle.
On record in Linton
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
- Linton Historic Districtlisted 1975
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Deepstep quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
223 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Linton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,268 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 26 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 burning | 118 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021WASHINGTON002 |
| 19 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Linton: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W E Veal Prospect | Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linton in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2011: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linton | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds toppled several large pecan and hickory trees 2W of Linton. Between 30 and 40 homes were without power for at least three hours due to power lines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linton | $1,500 | The Washington County Membership Cooperative reported that two large oak trees were down on power lines on Linton Road along the Hancock/Glascock county line east of Linton. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Linton | - | The Hancock County Emergency Management Director relayed a report of quarter-sized hail from just east-northeast of Beulah in the far south central part of the county. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Linton | - | A Hancock County Sheriff's Deputy observed quarter-sized hail in the southern part of Hancock county, north of Linton. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linton | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Beulah | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Harpertown (historical) | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Zebulon | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Devereux | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Glenford (historical) | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Eureka (historical) | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sandy Run | 10.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332222. 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.






