Robinson, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Crawfordville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30669. The Survey maps it on the Crawfordville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
180 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Robinson between 1992 and 2019, burning about 839 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 21 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 | 73 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 49 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Robinson: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Iron, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Taliaferro Magnetite Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Georgia Manganese Company | Manganese | Unknown | 1916 | |
| Hackney-Lucas | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Mitchell Hill Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| W. H. Murden Property | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robinson in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2012: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Hail | Robinson | $8,000 | The Taliaferro County 911 Center relayed reports of golf ball-sized hail from the western part of the county. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robinson | $3,000 | The Talliaferro County 911 Center reported that a few trees and a few power lines were blown down near U.S. Highway 278. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lyneville | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Crawfordville | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Edgewood Crossroads | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Carters Grove | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hillman | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sharon | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Raytown | 12.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326493. 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.







