Porterfield, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Danielsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30629. The Survey maps it on the Danielsville South quadrangle.

Porterfield within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Danielsville quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Danielsville South quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

203 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Porterfield between 1992 and 2018, burning about 248 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 21 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	118
Arson/incendiarism	21
Smoking	20
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	5
Natural	5

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
7 September 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1997	Smoking	4.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	2.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Porterfield: 3 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
J. Threlkeld Placer	Gold	Prospect	Placer
O. Threlkeld Placer	Gold	Prospect	Placer
Smith Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Webb Placer	Gold	Prospect	Placer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Porterfield in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 lightning. 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 2009	Lightning	Porterfield	$50,000	The Madison County Journal reported that lightning struck and killed an 8-year old quarter horse at a private residence on Fred Goss Road, just southeast of Danielsville. On Rogers Church Road, just northwest of Danielsville, a home was struck by lightning, which set an inside wire on fall. Damage was minimal as the fire was quickly extinguished by firefighters.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Gholston Stand Crossroads	1.4 miles	14
Cedar Grove	2.5 miles	15
Transco	3.1 miles	15
Danielsville	3.3 miles	14
Comer	3.7 miles	14
Jeptha	3.9 miles	14
Paoli	4.0 miles	14
Dalton	4.0 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 335539. 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.