BlockMidway, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Luthersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30222. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Luthersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Luthersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
182 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 802 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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 | 119 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 1997 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MERIWETHER-002 |
| 3 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MERIWETHER-003 |
| 7 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midway in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Midway | $25,000 | A National Weather Service survey found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 85 mph and a maximum path width of 150 yards touched down near Coleman Creek Circle just east of Highway 27/41 (Roosevelt Highway) in northwest Meriwether County, snapping several large trees along Coleman Creek Circle. The tornado moved west northwest, crossing Roosevelt Highway downing additional trees across Sawmill Road to Charlie Fuller Road before dissipating just west of Charlie Fuller Road. [8/17/21: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-0, Meriwether, 2021:016]. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $1,000 | The Meriwether County 911 center reported a tree blown down on the Roosevelt Highway at the Coleman Creek bridge. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $1,000 | The Meriwether County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down across the Roosevelt Highway just north of Primrose Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primrose | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Allie | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rocky Mount | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Luthersville | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Woodcraft | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lone Oak | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Marks | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Thompson Crossroad | 5.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346897. 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.
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.