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Montevideo, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It lies in ZIP code area 30635. The Survey maps it on the Hartwell Dam quadrangle.

Montevideo within Elbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Montevideo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 385 acres in total. 6 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 burning82
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking9
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2010Debris and open burning12 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HART-002
6 September 2016Debris and open burning17 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HART-001
5 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Arson/incendiarism3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Montevideo: 14 past producers, 13 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Granite, Feldspar. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cooley MineMica, FeldsparPast Producer
Robin Blue QuarryGraniteProducer
Alexander MineMicaPast Producer
Anderson MineMicaPast Producer
Ben Martin MineMicaPast Producer1944
Ben Martin MineMicaPast Producer
C U Gaines ProspectMicaProspect
Carter MineMicaPast Producer
Chapman MineMicaPast Producer
Church ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Elbert County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montevideo in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2022LightningMontevideo$75,000A lightning strike caused a structure on fire on Rock Branch Rd.
December 2009Flash FloodMontevideo$50,000A bridge was washed out on Kurt Anderson Rd.
May 2024HailMontevideo-Ham radio operator reported ping pong ball size hail near the intersection of Highway 368 and Rock Branch Rd.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMontevideo-County comms reported a few trees blown down in the northern part of the county.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMontevideo-County comms and the public reported multiple trees blown down along Montevideo Rd.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMontevideo-County comms reported trees and power lines blown down on Rock Branch Rd.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMontevideo-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
July 2008HailMontevideo-Hail fell on highway 77.

Every storm recorded in Elbert County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Rock Branch2.5 miles14
Fains Store3.1 miles14
Coldwater3.6 miles14
Concordia (historical)4.5 miles14
Centerville5.9 miles14
Harmony6.7 miles14
Thirteen Forks7.0 miles14
Ruckersville7.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332409. 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.