Powell, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Barnesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30204. The Survey maps it on the Barnesville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Powell within Lamar County

On record in Powell

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Thomaston Street Historic Districtlisted 1995 · 0.7 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1951 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

241 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Powell (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 683 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 36 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	140
Arson/incendiarism	36
Equipment and vehicle use	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Natural	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Recreation and ceremony	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Smoking	1

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
8 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-LAMAR-002
29 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	2.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	16 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lamar County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Powell (historical): 5 prospects, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Carter Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Clay Creek Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Early Vaughn Mine	Mica	Past Producer
H S Worsham Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Howard Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Kelly O'Neil Prospects	Mica	Prospect
Means Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Perdue Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Williams & Holmes Prospects	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Lamar 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
Revere (historical)	0.9 miles	10
Wilkinsons (historical)	1.1 miles	10
Aldora	1.2 miles	10
Barnesville	1.3 miles	10
Graddick (historical)	2.2 miles	10
Milner Crossroads	2.8 miles	10
Lamont (historical)	3.2 miles	10
Middlebrooks (historical)	3.6 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 344057. 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.