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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.

Mulberry Grove within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

166 since 1992

Regional 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 burning95
Arson/incendiarism40
Natural6
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4

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
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HARRIS-005
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarism65 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HARRIS-004
6 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Arson/incendiarism10.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Columbus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1996Tornado (F0)Mulberry Grove$10,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMulberry Grove$8,000The Harris County 911 center reported numerous trees blown down across the county.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMulberry Grove$6,000The 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 2021Thunderstorm WindMulberry Grove$4,000The Harris County 911 center reported trees blown down along Fortson Road and Bonacre Road north of Fortson.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindMulberry Grove$3,000The 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 1996Thunderstorm WindMulberry Grove$3,000no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMulberry Grove$1,000Tree down at intersection of Hamilton Mulberry Grove Rd and ga 315.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMulberry Grove$1,000The 911 call center reported a tree down at intersection of Hamilton Mulberry Grove Rd and GA 315.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMulberry Grove$1,000The Harris County 911 center reported a tree blown down around the intersection of Hoody Hudson Road and Hamilton-Mulberry Grove Road.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindMulberry Grove$1,000The Harris County 911 Center reported that three trees were down around Mulberry Grove.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindMulberry Grove$1,000The public reported 5 trees down.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindMulberry Grove$500The 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 1996Thunderstorm WindMulberry Grove$300no account filed
June 2007HailMulberry Grove-The public observed penny-sized hail east of Interstate-185.
July 2004HailMulberry Grove-The public reported penny-sized hail.
April 2003HailMulberry Grove-The public reported penny-sized hail one mile east of Goat Rock Dam on Lake Harding.

Every storm recorded in Harris 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
Bayard (historical)2.8 miles16
Acton (historical)2.9 miles13
Rehobeth4.2 miles16
Cataula4.7 miles15
Piney Grove4.9 miles13
Mountain Hill5.4 miles13
Antioch5.4 miles13
Kingsboro5.6 miles15

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 GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65089427The 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.