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Plainville, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Calhoun census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30733. The Survey maps it on the Plainville quadrangle. 356 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 679 feet above sea level.

Plainville within Gordon County

Population over time

2 figures

Plainville grew from 313 to 356 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010313
2020356+43 (+14%)

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

345 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 345 fires within 5 miles of Plainville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,236 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 85 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 burning189
Arson/incendiarism85
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural7
Smoking3

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 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia 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
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FLOYD-021
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GORDON-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gordon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Plainville: 8 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, Manganese, Barium-Barite. 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
C.S. Bryan PropertyIronUnknown
Floyd PropertyBarium-BaritePast Producer
NannieManganeseOccurrence1919
Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 1ClayPast Producer
Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 2ClayPast Producer
Armstrong MineAluminumPast Producer
Flowery Branch MineAluminumPast Producer
Grier ProspectAluminumProspect
Lot 1AluminumProspect
Lot 20AluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Gordon County

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plainville in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
December 2011Tornado (EF3)Plainville4 hurt, $500,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the EF0 tornado, that initially touched down in extreme northeast Floyd county and continued across extreme northwest Bartow county, continued into Gordon county. The tornado entered Gordon county about 2.8 miles east-southeast of Plainville before continuing on a northeastward track into central Gordon county, lifting and dissipating on the east side of Calhoun. The tornado strengthened to an EF1 almost immediately after entering Gordon county, then to an EF3 as it approached the south side of Calhoun. At its maximum intensity and size the tornado was determined to be 880 yards or 1/2 mile wide and had maximum winds of 150 mph. The tornado tracked at least 10 miles through Gordon county. As the tornado entered Gordon county, several homes along Emily Lane were damaged from falling trees just east of Plainville. As the tornado strengthened to an EF3 near the corner of Boone Ford Road and Beason Road just south of Calhoun, were several additional homes were damaged and one was completely destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines were also down along the path of the tornado through Gordon county, including several blocking Interstate-75 near the Bartow county line. Four injuries were also reported from the destroyed home.||[12/22/11: Tornado #2, County #3-3, EF3, Floyd-Bartow-Gordon, 2011:028].
April 2006HailPlainville$250,000Several reports were received from the public across the county from the southwest corner to the northeast corner of hail ranging in size from pennies to nickels, with one golf ball-size hail report five miles east of Calhoun.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindPlainville$10,000Emergency manager reported damages to gas station metal canopy. Portions of the roof were peeled off due to strong winds.
August 2019LightningPlainville$10,000The Gordon County Emergency Manager reported a structure fire caused by lightning near the intersection of Woody Road SW and Seabolt Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPlainville$3,000Emergency manager reported downed powerlines and trees at the 400 block of Plainville Rd.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindPlainville$1,000The public reported trees and power lines down.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindPlainville$1,000The Rome News Tribune reported that seven power poles were snapped off by strong thunderstorm winds near Plainville. The Gordon county 911 center reported that several trees were also blown down in the Plainville area. The area hardest hit was near Swain School.
May 1998HailPlainville$1,000Half dollar size hail was reported by the public.
May 2018Flash FloodPlainville-The 911 center received several reports of flooded roadays, including a section of Hwy 53 southeast of downtown Calhoun, Union Grove Church Road, Trimble Hollow Road, Morrow Road and Belwood Drive. Radar estimates indicate rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches occurred in the warned area, with isolated amounts of 6 to 8 inches.
May 2003HailPlainville-An amateur radio operator reported penny to nickel-sized hail.
December 2002FloodPlainville-The Gordon county 911 center reported flooding of Millers Ferry Road.
April 1998HailPlainville-no account filed
May 1998HailPlainville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gordon 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
Curryville3.5 miles17
Reeves4.1 miles17
Rocky Creek (historical)4.8 miles17
Lily Pond4.9 miles19
Oostanaula5.4 miles17
McDaniels5.9 miles19
Blackwood8.0 miles19
Calhoun8.1 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on PlainvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2640635The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332706. 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.