Livingston, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cave Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30161. It stands on Mill Race. The Survey maps it on the Livingston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
194 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Livingston between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,509 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 66 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 | 92 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-FLOYD-029 |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 Livingston: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Neill Georgia Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Oreburg Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Livingston in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Livingston | $15,000 | The Floyd County Emergency Manager and the 911 center reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the county from the Cave Spring area northeast across Rome to near Shannon. Location include Ward Mountain Road at Barron Road, Maple Road at Teat Street, Padlock Mountain Road at Rehab Drive, Cunningham Road, Friday Road, Lakewood Road, and East 2nd Street. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Livingston | $8,000 | Multiple trees and powerlines down along Foster Mill Road and Morton Bend Road, south of Coosa. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Livingston | $4,000 | The Floyd County 911 Center reported a few trees blown down near Fosters Mill Road and Livingston Road. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Livingston | $1,000 | The USGS stream gage along the Coosa River near Rome reached its flood stage of 24.0 feet at 307 am EDT and remained in flood until 745 pm EDT. Damage was confined to minor debris removal adjacent to the river. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniedelle | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Coosa | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Foster Mills | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Krannert | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Hope (historical) | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Oreburg | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Benton | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Melson | 4.3 miles | 17 |
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 Livingston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4846372 | The 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 332249. 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.









