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Pinson, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shannon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30161. The Survey maps it on the Shannon quadrangle.

Pinson within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

446 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 446 fires within 5 miles of Pinson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,062 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 142 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/incendiarism142
Equipment and vehicle use22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural8
Smoking4

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 2001Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BARTOW-006
9 September 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarism3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism63 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning15 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Pinson: 27 past producers, 21 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Manganese, Clay. 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
NannieManganeseOccurrence1919
Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 1ClayPast Producer
Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 2ClayPast Producer
Sherman PropertyManganesePast Producer1895
Armstrong MineAluminumPast Producer
Braden ProspectAluminumProspect
Church MineAluminumPast Producer
Discovery MineAluminumPast Producer
Flowery Branch MineAluminumPast Producer
Grier ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

9 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinson in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 2013FloodPinson1 killed, 1 hurtThe Calhoun Times Newspaper reported a car drove into flood waters off Thomas Bluff Road just inside Floyd County after a high speed chase with the Gordon County Police. The driver got out and tried to swim away. The person drowned and his body was found four days later.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindPinson$200,000The Floyd County 911 Center reported that nearly three dozen trees were down across the county. Three homes and two vehicles were damaged from falling trees. Several power lines were also down. The hardest hit area was the Horseleg Creek area.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindPinson$4,000The local broadcast media reported power poles and trees snapped in the 5000 block of Calhoun Road NE.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindPinson$2,500The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and power lines were down in the northeast part of the county around Pinson. In the far southwest part of the county, the public reported that a steel flag pole was snapped in half by strong wind gusts west of Cave Spring near the Alabama border.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPinson$2,000Couple of trees down near intersection of Gaines Rd and Mcfry Ln NE.
December 2011Tornado (EF0)Pinson$2,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City confirmed a second tornado touchdown in extreme northeast Floyd county, northeast of Pinson, just north of Georgia Highway 140. Within Floyd county the tornado remained at an EF0 intensity with a path width of 440 yards or 1/4 mile. The tornado quickly moved into extreme northwest Bartow county, and then into Gordon county where it eventually intensified to an EF3 causing considerable damage. This tornado was also determined to have begun from the same circulation that was earlier responsible for an EF2 tornado just west to just north of Rome, which caused significant damage to at least 20 homes in that area. Damage with this EF0 tornado in extreme northeast Floyd county was confined to several trees. No structural damage was observed.||[12/22/11: Tornado #2, County #1-3, EF3, Floyd-Bartow-Gordon, 2011:028].
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPinson$1,000Tree down along Gaines Loop Road NE .
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPinson$1,000The emergency manager reported trees down at Plainville Road, approximately 1 mile from ga 53.
March 2021Flash FloodPinson-The department of transportation reported that all lanes of Georgia Highway 140 were closed at Buttrum Road due to high water from nearby creeks. Radar estimates indicate that between 4 to 6 inches of rainfall occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Nannie0.7 miles19
Warren1.8 miles17
Shannon1.9 miles19
Hermitage2.6 miles19
Waters Store (historical)2.7 miles19
Margie (historical)3.6 miles17
Green Acre4.8 miles18
Woodcliffe Estates4.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332692. 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.