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Noble, Georgia

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Rock Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. The Survey maps it on the Kensington quadrangle.

Noble within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

338 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 338 fires within 5 miles of Noble between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,119 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 69 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 burning225
Arson/incendiarism69
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural4
Smoking2

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 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WALKER-009
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WALKER-011
22 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WALKER-018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker 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 Noble: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Glenn ProspectIronProspect
Warrenfel's MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Warthen ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Walker County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Noble in 2 storm reports in 2009: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
September 2009Thunderstorm WindNoble$5,000The Walker County 911 Center reported that an apparent thunderstorm downburst blew down between 20 and 30 trees in the Lake Howard, Round Pound Road area east of Lafayette, between Noble and Naomi.
September 2009HailNoble-The Walker County 911 Center relayed reports of penny-sized hail from east of Lafayette, between Noble and Naomi.

Every storm recorded in Walker 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
Salem (historical)1.1 miles26
Center Grove1.9 miles25
Warrens (historical)2.1 miles26
Freetown (historical)2.4 miles25
Rock Spring3.1 miles25
Fairview Heights3.1 miles25
Meadowview3.8 miles25
Catlett3.9 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326423. 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.