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Perennial, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Menlo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30747. The Survey maps it on the Lyerly quadrangle.

Perennial within Chattooga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

668 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 668 fires within 5 miles of Perennial between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,915 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 317 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
Arson/incendiarism317
Debris and open burning268
Equipment and vehicle use26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural9
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 2015Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-CHATTOOGA-009
9 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use13 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chattooga 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 Perennial: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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
Summerville BauxiteAluminumPast ProducerWeathering Residual
Taylor MineAluminumPast Producer
Dirseller Mt. Area-BPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chattooga County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perennial in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPerennial$1,000Tree down along Oak Hill Rd and Oak Hill-Alpine Rd.
December 2008Flash FloodPerennial$1,000The Chattooga County 911 Center reported stream and creek flash flooding in at least four different locations. At least a foot of water was flowing over Ragland Road from a stream two miles southwest of Lyerly. At least six inches of water was flowing over Spring Creek Road from Spring Creek three miles southeast of Trion. At least six inches of water was flowing over Hair Lake Road from Raccoon Creek three miles northwest of Summerville. Finally, six inches of water was flowing over Fish Hatchery Creek Road from a stream four miles west-southwest of Summerville. Although several roads in the area were closed because of the high water, damage was limited to debris removal.
March 2021Flash FloodPerennial-The Emergency Manager reported Dovers Cut Road was underwater near the Faith Temple. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 6 inches, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2021Flash FloodPerennial-The Emergency Manager reported water over the road near the intersection of Smallen Road at Smith Rail Road. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 5 inches, resulting in the flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Chattooga 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
Berryton1.6 miles17
Fairview (historical)2.5 miles17
West Summerville2.8 miles16
Lyerly3.5 miles17
Menlo3.9 miles17
Alpine4.0 miles17
Summerville4.1 miles16
Mineral Springs (historical)4.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332640. 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.