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Russellville, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Culloden-Bolingbroke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31016. The Survey maps it on the Smarr quadrangle.

Russellville within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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.

Fires near this place

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Russellville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 417 acres in total. 4 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 burning98
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural4

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
5 September 2006Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MONROE-005
27 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MONROE-014
2 September 1998Debris and open burning2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1996Debris and open burning8.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1996Debris and open burning6.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Russellville: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Forsyth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Fletcher MineMicaPast Producer
Holloway MineMicaPast Producer
Homer Hardin MineMicaPast Producer
Ruffin ProspectsMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Russellville in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2021Tornado (EF0)Russellville$100,000A National Weather Service survey found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 85 MPH and a maximum path width of 150 yards touched down in southwest|Monroe county southeast of the intersection of Hardin Road and Treadwell Road. The tornado travelled northeast before ending along Treadwell Road between Hardin Road and Rogers Church Road. Multiple trees were blown down. Up to 10 structures received some damage and a garage completely destroyed. [1/1/21: Tornado #3, County #1/1, EF-0, Monroe, 2021:003].
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRussellville$50,000Report of dozens of trees blown down just southeast of Forsyth, beginning at 42 South and Maynards Mill Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRussellville$2,000The Monroe County 911 center reported trees blown down along Highway 42 near Maynards Mill Road.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindRussellville$2,000no account filed
February 2025Thunderstorm WindRussellville$1,000Em reports tree down at ga42 and treadwell rd.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRussellville$1,000The Monroe County 911 center reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Russellville Road and Highway 42.
October 2021Flash FloodRussellville-The Emergency Manager reported Treadwell Road closed in Russellville due to flooding. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 4 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
June 1998HailRussellville-The public reported hail from dime to golf ball size.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Spring Hill (historical)2.3 miles10
Dyas2.5 miles10
Bamah (historical)3.6 miles10
Strouds4.1 miles10
Moran4.9 miles10
Brent5.6 miles10
Culloden6.1 miles10
Smarr8.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332946. 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.