BlockPotterville, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Reynolds census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31076. The Survey maps it on the Reynolds quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Reynolds quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
240 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Potterville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,448 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 27 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 | 141 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TAYLOR-005 |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Natural | 84 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON008 |
| 29 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021TAYLOR004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Potterville in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF2) | Potterville | 1 killed, 4 hurt, $500,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, GA concluded that an EF2 tornado had tracked across a 7-mile stretch of eastern Taylor county from about three miles southwest of Potterville to about two miles east of Reynolds. The tornado traveled a path of between seven and eight miles with a maximum path width of 448 yards or roughly 1/3 of a mile wide. The heaviest damage was southwest of Potterville, where two mobile homes were destroyed and others were damaged. One of the mobile homes was rolled. One death and four injuries were reported in the area of the damaged and destroyed mobile homes. Numerous trees and power lines were down throughout the area. Several were down on Bear Road in Potterville. Damage to trees and roofs of several homes continued through and east of Reynolds, although the damage in this area was not as severe. |
| February 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Potterville | $50,000 | The Taylor County Emergency Management Director reported that an EF0 tornado touched down near the intersection of Tommy Purvis Junior Road and Eubanks Drive in Reynolds and traveled eastward along a three to four mile long path. One home was damaged and a mobile home was moved off its foundation. At least 10 trees were down in the area, including several across one road. A tractor barn was damaged, the roof was blown off an old store, and a double-wide mobile home was damaged. The maximum path width was estimated to be 33 yards (100 feet) with maximum winds estimated to be 70 mph. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Potterville | $15,000 | The Taylor County 911 Center reported that several trees were down near Reynolds. One home was damaged from a downed tree. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Potterville | $10,000 | The Taylor County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were blown down or snapped, causing power outages in the Potterville area. A large door on the south side of a fire station located on Tommy Purvis Jr. Road was blown into the building. The roof and a brick wall on the south side of a building near the fire station collapsed. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Potterville | $4,000 | The Taylor County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down southeast of Reynolds from Tommy Purvis Jr. Road to General John B. Gordon road. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Potterville | $1,500 | The Taylor County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down in the Potterville-Hicks area. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Potterville | $1,000 | The Taylor County 911 center reported a tree blown down in the road near the intersection of Mangham Road and Barrow Road. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332747. 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.
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.