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Pollards Corner, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Appling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30802. The Survey maps it on the Appling quadrangle.

Pollards Corner within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Pollards Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 353 acres in total. 10 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 burning45
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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
4 September 2014Natural32 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-COLUMBIA-002
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-COLUMBIA-004
28 September 2006Debris and open burning6.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2011Debris and open burning11 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-COLUMBIA-014
16 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pollards Corner: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite, Chromium. 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
The Dixie Mountain Serpentine DepMagnesite, ChromiumPast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

20 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pollards Corner in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner$8,000Public reported trees down in the Martinez and Evans areas and over towards Grovetown.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner$4,000Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down on Petersburg rd.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner$3,000Sheriff reported trees down on Keg Creek Dr.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner$10Observation equipment at Lake Thurmond Dam measured a wind gust of 49 mph due to thunderstorm activity.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner-Public reported via social media a picture of a tree down on Washington Rd near Tubman Rd. Time estimated by radar.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner-Trees were downed on power lines at Clarks Hill Rd and Petersburg Rd. Time estimated.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner-Trees were downed at Wildwood Park, Captain John Brown Rd, Clarks Hill Rd, Ridge Rd,|and Marina Pkwy. Time estimated.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner-Several trees were downed along Tubman Rd and Louisville Rd. Time estimated.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner-Tree and power line down on Clarks Hill Road and Lake Springs Road. Time estimated by radar.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner-Tree and power line down on Clarks Hill Road and Lake Springs Road. Time estimated by radar.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner-Trees and power lines down near the intersection of US Hwy 221 and Washington Rd. Photos shared via social media. Time estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner-Clarks Hill GA Mesonet station reported a wind gust of 59 mph.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner-Multiple trees down on Washington Rd at Keg Creek Dr.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner-Sheriff Dispatch reported a tree down on a power line and a tree across the road along Lake Springs Rd near Clarks Hill Rd.
May 2005HailPollards Corner-EM reported penny size hail.
November 2003Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner-Highway dept reported trees down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner-Sheriff reported trees down near the lake north of Pollards Corner.
May 1999Funnel CloudPollards Corner-Sheriff tracked funnel cloud which didn't touch down.
May 1998HailPollards Corner-Sheriff reported nickel size hail.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindPollards Corner-EOC reported trees down near Industrial Dr.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Rosemont1.7 miles24
Phinizy2.8 miles20
Kiokee3.4 miles24
Delph (historical)3.6 miles20
Eubank (historical)4.1 miles20
Dunn Chapel4.1 miles20
Leah4.3 miles20
Cluese (historical)4.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332720. 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.