Mulberry Grove, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Waverly Hall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31808. The Survey maps it on the Mulberry Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1907 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Ellerslie quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Mulberry Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Ellerslie quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Mulberry Grove quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
166 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Mulberry Grove between 1992 and 2018, burning about 792 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 40 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 | 95 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HARRIS-005 |
| 7 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HARRIS-004 |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 10.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | 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 Mulberry Grove: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mulberry Grove in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Mulberry Grove | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry Grove | $8,000 | The Harris County 911 center reported numerous trees blown down across the county. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry Grove | $6,000 | The Harris County 911 Center reported that several trees and a few power lines were down along Georgia Highway 315, especially between Mulberry Grove and Cataula. Several other trees were blown down near U.S. Highway 27 in the far southeast part of the county between Ellerslie and the Muscogee county line. Two dead trees were blown down on Georgia Highway 85 at Ellerslie. A couple of power lines were also down near Ellerslie. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry Grove | $4,000 | The Harris County 911 center reported trees blown down along Fortson Road and Bonacre Road north of Fortson. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry Grove | $3,000 | The Harris County 911 Center and the public reported that up to four trees and a few power lines were down in the southwest and south central part of the county, southwest of Hamilton. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry Grove | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry Grove | $1,000 | Tree down at intersection of Hamilton Mulberry Grove Rd and ga 315. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry Grove | $1,000 | The 911 call center reported a tree down at intersection of Hamilton Mulberry Grove Rd and GA 315. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry Grove | $1,000 | The Harris County 911 center reported a tree blown down around the intersection of Hoody Hudson Road and Hamilton-Mulberry Grove Road. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry Grove | $1,000 | The Harris County 911 Center reported that three trees were down around Mulberry Grove. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry Grove | $1,000 | The public reported 5 trees down. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry Grove | $500 | The Harris County Emergency Management Director reported that a couple of trees were down, one on Holland Road and the other on Hamilton-Mulberry Grove Road. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulberry Grove | $300 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Mulberry Grove | - | The public observed penny-sized hail east of Interstate-185. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Mulberry Grove | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mulberry Grove | - | The public reported penny-sized hail one mile east of Goat Rock Dam on Lake Harding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayard (historical) | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Acton (historical) | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rehobeth | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Cataula | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Piney Grove | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mountain Hill | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Antioch | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Kingsboro | 5.6 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Mulberry Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65089427 | 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 332448. 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.








