Randall, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Richland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31825. The Survey maps it on the Richland quadrangle.

Randall within Stewart County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Richland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

249 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Randall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 779 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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	174
Equipment and vehicle use	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Arson/incendiarism	14
Smoking	8
Natural	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Recreation and ceremony	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
6 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-STEWART-004
5 September 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2021STEWART004
4 September 1995	Smoking	2.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	8.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2016-STEWART-004
20 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stewart County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Randall: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
	Stewart Mine	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Stewart County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Randall in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 tornado. 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
April 2017	Tornado (EF0)	Randall	$20,000	A National Weather Service survey team found a second tornado touched down in Stewart County. This tornado, associated with the same thunderstorm that produced the tornado near Lumpkin, was rated EF-0 with maximum wind speeds of 70 MPH and a maximum path width of 100 yards. The tornado touched down along US Highway 27 southwest of Richland snapping a few trees south of the highway. The tornado moved northeast hitting a small shed on the north side of the highway, ripping off roof panels. The tornado continued northeast along US Highway 27 knocking down a few trees near the intersection with Pleasant Valley Road before ending prior to reaching Highway 520. No injuries were reported. [04/03/17: Tornado #5, County #1/1, EF-0, Stewart, 2017:037].

Every storm recorded in Stewart 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
Richland	3.1 miles	8
Westville	4.1 miles	12
Lumpkin	4.4 miles	12
Mount Zion (historical)	6.1 miles	7
Charles	7.1 miles	12
Tilley (historical)	7.3 miles	7
Brooklyn	7.4 miles	7
Shady Grove	8.3 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332790. 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.