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Ruckersville, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Coldwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30635. The Survey maps it on the Rock Branch quadrangle.

Ruckersville within Elbert County

On record in Ruckersville

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 2 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

Photographs

3 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

W. Frank Anderson Farm, County Road 239, Ruckersville, Elbert County, GA
W. Frank Anderson Farm, County Road 239, Ruckersville, Elbert County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Alexander-Cleveland Farm, County Road 238, Ruckersville, Elbert County, GA
Alexander-Cleveland Farm, County Road 238, Ruckersville, Elbert County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Reuben J. Anderson Farm, County Road 239 Vicinity, Ruckersville, Elbert County, GA
Reuben J. Anderson Farm, County Road 239 Vicinity, Ruckersville, Elbert County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Ruckersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 296 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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 burning74
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 1997Natural4.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning6.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2005Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020ELBERT004
14 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-ELBERT-004
14 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Ruckersville: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Mica, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Continental QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Adams QuarryGraniteProducer
Alexander MineMicaPast Producer
Anderson MineMicaPast Producer
Beaver Dam QuarryGranitePast Producer
Chapman MineMicaPast Producer
Coronet QuarryGranitePast Producer
Heard MineMicaProspect
Robin Blue QuarryGraniteProducer
Ward ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Elbert County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ruckersville in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2003Tornado (F1)Ruckersville$3,000This tornado blew down numerous trees and power lines in areas from highway 368, to Ruckersville, to Russell Lake. The most concentrated damage occurred near highway 368.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindRuckersville-Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines and causing an outage along Luther Burton Rd.
November 2017HailRuckersville-Spotter reported half dollar size hail in the Ruckersville area.
April 2015HailRuckersville-Spotter reported quarter size hail.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRuckersville-Russell State Park employee reported a couple of trees and large tree limbs blown down.
June 2009HailRuckersville-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindRuckersville-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindRuckersville-no account filed
August 1999LightningRuckersville-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRuckersville-no account filed
June 1998HailRuckersville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Elbert 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Edinburg (historical)3.0 miles14
Harmony3.6 miles14
Clarks Junction4.0 miles14
Coldwater4.1 miles14
North Elberton4.6 miles14
Middleton4.7 miles15
Fains Store4.9 miles14
Concordia (historical)5.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332940. 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.