Neal, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Concord-Molena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30206. The Survey maps it on the Concord quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Concord quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
158 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Neal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 725 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 19 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 | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 122 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-PIKE-002 |
| 29 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-PIKE-005 |
| 21 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-PIKE-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Neal: 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molina Sand Co--Lawrence Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flat Rock Porphyritic Granite Pros | Granite | Prospect | ||
| Flat Shoals Prospect | Granite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neal in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neal | $1,000 | A tree was downed across the 600 block of union school road. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neal | $1,000 | A tree was downed on fossett rd at hwy 18 . |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Neal | - | Public reported flooding at the intersection of Highway 18 and Flat Shoals Road. In addition to the 1.5 inches of rain that fell the previous day, radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches, with isolated amounts of up to 8 inches, fell on March 26, resulting in the flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molena | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Barker | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Concord | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hilltop | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Lawrences Mill | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pedenville | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bottoms | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lifsey | 6.0 miles | 9 |
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 Neal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65086678 | 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 326416. 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.




