Rover, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Rover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30292. The Survey maps it on the Griffin South quadrangle.
On record in Rover
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.
Old Gaissert Homeplacelisted 1973 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Griffin South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
321 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 321 fires within 5 miles of Rover between 1992 and 2019, burning about 676 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 44 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 | 197 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020PIKE002 |
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-PIKE-003 |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SPALDING003 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-SPALDING-007 |
| 27 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rover: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Beryl Deposit | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Walker Property | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Griffin Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Griffin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rover in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rover | $20,000 | The public reported shingles blown off the roofs of a few houses around Quarry Circle and Stonebriar Road. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rover | $10,000 | Em reports numerous trees down on the southwest side of griffin between williamson rd and sr41 to around moreland rd powerlines also involved. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rover | $1,000 | Powerlines reported down at the 300 block of Moreland Rd. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rover | $1,000 | The Spalding County 911 Center reported that three to four trees were down from the Pike and Lamar county lines northward to the Griffin area. A tree was down on Audubon Circle, Barnesville Road, and Ninth Street. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Rover | - | The Emergency Manager reported Bethany Road was closed due to water over the roadway near West Williamson Road. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 4 inches of rain fell quickly over the area, overwhelming small creeks and drainage systems. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Rover | - | Amateur radio operators relayed two reports of dime size hail in Rover and another report of dime size hail was reported by the public in Griffin. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zetella | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Esmond | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Griffin | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Experiment | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Blantons Mill | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Valdo (historical) | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Highland Mills | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Rio | 5.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 321969. 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.




