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Rutland, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rutland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31216. The Survey maps it on the Warner Robins NW quadrangle.

Rutland within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Rutland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 570 acres in total. 6 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
Arson/incendiarism44
Debris and open burning42
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BIBB-001
4 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minor3.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021BIBB002
3 September 2013Natural2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-BIBB-001
27 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HOUSTON-010
24 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Natural2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BIBB-002
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rutland: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Burns MineClayProducer
Cherokee MineClayProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAlluvium
Warner Robins Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bibb County

Storms near this place

8 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rutland in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2007Thunderstorm WindRutland$5,000The public reported that from 20 to 30 trees were down in far southern Bibb county near the Houston county line.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindRutland$4,000The Bibb County 911 center reported multiple trees blown down near the intersection of Highway 129 and Barnes Ferry Road.
September 2023HailRutland-Quarter sized hail on Liberty Estates Drive.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRutland-Report of a few trees down on Walden Rd east of US 41.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRutland-Numerous trees down along and between both Liberty Church Rd and Griffin Rd.
April 2020Flash FloodRutland-The public reported several residences with flooded yards in the Nowell Estates neighborhood. Water was at least one feet deep in the roadway. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 6 inches occurred in the area, with isolated higher amounts to 8 inches, causing the flash flooding.
March 2011HailRutland-A trained storm spotter and the public observed quarter-sized hail across the far southeastern part of Bibb county from Rutland to just northeast of the Macon airport. Radar data suggests that similar-sized hail likely continued to near Franklinton. This hail occurred from a separate thunderstorm that tracked across the southeast part of the county shortly after another thunderstorm had dumped damaging golf ball-sized hail across west central and north central Bibb county.
August 2007HailRutland-The public reported golf ball-sized hail in the far southern portion of Bibb county near the Houston county line.

Every storm recorded in Bibb 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
Sofkee1.2 miles12
Liberty View2.0 miles12
Aultman Pines2.0 miles12
Skipperton2.0 miles12
O'Reily Estates2.3 miles12
Walden2.3 miles12
Bevinwood2.4 miles12
Tharpe Heights2.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 322021. 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.