Lyneville, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Crawfordville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30631. It stands on Sherrills Creek. The Survey maps it on the Philomath quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Philomath quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Lyneville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 406 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 11 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 49 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lyneville: 6 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Taliaferro Magnetite Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Hackney-Lucas | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Mitchell Hill Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Ga Manganese Co Mine/Taliaferro Magnetite Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Georgia Manganese Company | Manganese | Unknown | 1916 | |
| W. H. Murden Property | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyneville in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyneville | $6,000 | Public report of 5 to 6 trees down with power lines down at SR 22 E and Springfield Road. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Lyneville | $2,000 | The public observed golf ball-sized hail in the far northern part of the county between Lyneville and Carters Grove. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyneville | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down or twisted off several trees. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyneville | $100 | Georgia State Patrol reported two trees were blown down.. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Edgewood Crossroads | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Carters Grove | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Robinson | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Crawfordville | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hillman | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sharon | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Raytown | 10.5 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122547732 | 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 326382. 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.







