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Norman, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Tignall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30668. The Survey maps it on the Jacksons Crossroads quadrangle.

Norman within Wilkes County

On record in Norman

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Norman between 1992 and 2019, burning about 764 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 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 burning40
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural7
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2016Natural4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WILKES-002
26 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-WILKES-002
17 September 1993Natural23 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WILKES-003
5 August 2004Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Debris and open burning163 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilkes 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 Norman: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar. 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
Delhi MineFeldsparProducer

Every working recorded in Wilkes County

Storms near this place

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norman in 1 storm report in 2003: 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
May 2003HailNorman-The Wilkes county Emergency Management Director reported golf ball-sized hail in Tignall and the public reported golf ball-sized hail near Norman.

Every storm recorded in Wilkes 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
Broad3.1 miles13
Dyson (historical)4.1 miles13
Tignall4.7 miles13
Delhi4.9 miles13
Jacksons Crossroads5.3 miles12
Chatfield (historical)5.7 miles12
Sandy Hill6.0 miles13
Danburg7.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326424. 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.