Powersville, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Byron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31008. The Survey maps it on the Fort Valley East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1956 USGS Fort Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Fort Valley East quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
387 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 387 fires within 5 miles of Powersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 941 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 39 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 | 213 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 27 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-PEACH-007 |
| 6 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-PEACH-006 |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-PEACH-001 |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-PEACH-008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Powersville: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powersville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Powersville in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Hail | Powersville | $280,000 | A storm spotter observed golf ball-sized hail in the eastern part of Peach county. Location was estimated by radar data since reported time and radar reflectivity data did not match. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powersville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powersville | $15,000 | Ham radio operators relayed a report of a tree down on a mobile home near Byron. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powersville | $8,000 | Numerous trees reported uprooted or snapped on both sides of Hwy 49 near Bible Camp Rd. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powersville | $2,000 | The Peach County Emergency Manager reported two pine trees blown down along Kay Road south of Byron. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Powersville | - | Quarter sized hail was reported at the Pet Lodge in Powerville. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Powersville | - | Quarter-sized hail reported on Lakeview Road. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Powersville | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail near Powerville. Radar data suggests that similar-sized hail likely fell across much of the county from the Crawford county line west of Powerville to the far eastern part of the county near Lakewood. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bryn Mawr | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lakeview | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Biss | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Miami Valley | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Byron | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Alpine Heights | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Edgewood | 4.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332753. 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.






