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Nicholasville, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Campton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30656. The Survey maps it on the Between quadrangle.

Nicholasville within Walton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Nicholasville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 406 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 26 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 burning83
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
9 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Debris and open burning4.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALTON-005
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Smoking4.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Nicholasville: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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
Unnamed ProspectMicaOccurrence
Smith PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Thompson PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nicholasville in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
February 2025Thunderstorm WindNicholasville$5,000Em reports several trees down from double springs rd and new hope church rd to Campton.
January 2024Flash FloodNicholasville-The Emergency Manager reported Fannie Thompson Road closed due to high flows on Wildcat Creek that inundated the roadway. Radar estimates indicate between 4 and 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
January 2023Flash FloodNicholasville-The Emergency Manager reported a portion of Fannie Thompson Road was flooded by high water from Wildcat Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 4 inches of rain fell over the area, resulting in increased runoff into the creek and causing flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Walton 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
Campton1.8 miles17
Walker Park2.4 miles17
Bold Springs3.4 miles18
Between4.5 miles16
Windsor4.7 miles18
Gratis4.9 miles17
Split Silk5.3 miles16
Monroe5.5 miles17

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 NicholasvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65087338The 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 356427. 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.