Paoli, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Comer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30629. The Survey maps it on the Carlton quadrangle.
On record in Paoli
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 1 record
- Paoli Historic Districtlisted 2002
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Danielsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Carlton quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Paoli between 1992 and 2019, burning about 359 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 37 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 | 114 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Paoli: 6 prospects, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Property | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Carrington Placer | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| J. Threlkeld Placer | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| King Placer | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| O. Threlkeld Placer | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| Parham Placer | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| Ridgeway Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Smith Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Webb Placer | Gold | Prospect | Placer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paoli in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2011: 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Paoli | $50,000 | A damage assessment conducted by the National Weather Service and the Madison County Emergency Management Director concluded that a short-lived, F0 tornado, associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ivan, touched down near Paoli at the intersection of New Hope Church Road and Paoli New Towns Road and travelled north-northwest at 40 mph along a one-mile long broken path treminating near Collins Brooks Road. One barn was completely destroyed along the path and several homes sustained minor structural damage. Numerous trees were topped along the path of the tornado. |
| August 2011 | Heavy Rain | Paoli | - | The Madison County Emergency Management Director reported that heavy rain, on the order of two to three inches with isolated four inch totals, caused minor flooding of low-lying areas and several drainage ditches to overflow. Some lawns were standing in water for a few hours after the thunderstorms moved out of the area. Flooding was not deemed to be of the level meeting local flood or flash flood criteria. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vineyard Creek | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Comer | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Newtown | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gholston Stand Crossroads | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Jeptha | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ross | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Porterfield | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Carlton | 4.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332601. 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.





