Metasville, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Washington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30673. The Survey maps it on the Metasville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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
- 1954 USGS Metasville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Metasville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 388 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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 | 60 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WILKES-011 |
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LINCOLN-003 |
| 29 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LINCOLN-005 |
| 16 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WILKES-001 |
| 9 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Metasville: 9 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Kyanite, Copper, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1892, 1895 | |
| Graves Mountain Kyanite Occurrence | Kyanite, Iron-Pyrite | Past Producer | Rutile, Lazulite, Pyrophyllite, Kyanite | |
| Magruder Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Seminole/Magruder/Wardlaw/Jackson Veins | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc | Past Producer | Silver, Gold, Copper, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite | |
| Ce Minerals, Al Silicates | Kyanite | Producer | ||
| Chamber Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| G.W. Booker Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Kendall Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Colley Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| Morgan Farm | Manganese | Prospect | 1945 |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Metasville in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metasville | $50,000 | Newspaper accounts stated that a barn was destroyed and windows blown out of the house on a farmin Metasville. A funnel cloud was reported, but there was no confirmation of a tornado at the farm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Possie (historical) | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Floral Hill | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Adasburg | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Anne Heights | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Cohentown | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Aonia | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sandtown | 6.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326396. 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.







