BlockMagnolia, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Stapleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30803. It stands on Juniper Branch. The Survey maps it on the Grange quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Grange quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
183 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 762 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 9 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 | 109 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-JEFFERSON-006 |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Magnolia: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walden Mine | Kaolin | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magnolia in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 2011 | Lightning | Magnolia | $500 | The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a tree at the intersection of Georgia Highway 88 and Moore Road in Stapletons Crossroads. The tree was set on fire. |
| January 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Magnolia | - | The tornado touched down in central Jefferson county and produced minor damage to a couple warehouse buildings, farm equipment, and a school while also downing over a dozen trees between Louisville and Wren. The tornado touched down near the Ostro Steel building on Clarks Mill Rd where damage was sustained to the western wall of the metal building structure as well as to the heavy metal sign out front. The tornado then moved toward the ENE roughly along Mennonite Church Rd, where scattered trees were downed with minor damage to a metal roof structure. At the intersection of GA 296 and Warrior Trail an irrigation system was flipped over towards the north, indicating swirling winds. The tornado then moved towards the Jefferson County High School where the tornado quickly occluded, forcing strong rear-flank downdraft winds across the school as the tornado wrapped up to the north along US HWY 221. The winds over the school caused moderate damage to a softball field facility, destroying a shed, several signs, scoreboards, and the fencing around the field. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stapletons Crossroads | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Omaha Springs | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Avera | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Stapleton | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| Wrens Station | 10.8 miles | 16 | |
| Louisville | 10.8 miles | 16 | |
| Almira | 11.2 miles | 7 | |
| Wrens | 11.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 345730. 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.