Philomath, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Maxeys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30660. The Survey maps it on the Philomath quadrangle.
On record in Philomath
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
- Philomath Historic Districtlisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Philomath quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Philomath between 1992 and 2019, burning about 300 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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 | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-OGLETHORPE-010 |
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GREENE-012 |
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-OGLETHORPE-003 |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-OGLETHORPE-002 |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Philomath: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ga Manganese Co Mine/Taliaferro Magnetite Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Philomath in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2013: 1 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Philomath | $1,500 | The Oglethorpe County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were blown down in Philomath. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Philomath | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogan | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Bowling Green (historical) | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wise (historical) | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Maxeys | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Stephens | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Anon (historical) | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lexington | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hutchins | 12.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332654. 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.







