BlockPrimrose, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Luthersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30222. The Survey maps it on the Luthersville 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Luthersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
189 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Primrose between 1992 and 2020, burning about 782 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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 | 123 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MERIWETHER-002 |
| 3 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MERIWETHER-003 |
| 7 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Primrose in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 2006 | Lightning | Primrose | $25,000 | The Meriwether County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck and set a house on fire. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Primrose | $4,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a pine tree on State road 85 just north of Gay. In Primrose, thunderstorm winds knocked trees into cars. Thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree in Rocky Mount. In Greenville a large tree was knocked down into a road. |
| December 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Primrose | $1,000 | The Meriwether County 911 Center reported that a few trees were down in the Primrose Community. WSR-88D indicated a mesoscale circulation developing in the area at the time, which later tracked across far south and southeast Fayette county spawning a brief EF1 tornado near Lake Horton. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Primrose | - | The Meriwether County Emergency Management Director reported nickel-sized hail. |
| January 1997 | Hail | Primrose | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Allie | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Rocky Mount | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Marks | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lone Oak | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Woodcraft | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Luthersville | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Thompson Crossroad | 5.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 321144. 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.