Scottsboro, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Coopers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31061. The Survey maps it on the Milledgeville quadrangle.
On record in Scottsboro
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.
Woodvillelisted 1979 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1912 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
320 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 320 fires within 5 miles of Scottsboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 953 acres in total. 13 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 burning | 188 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 23 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BALDWIN012 |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BALDWIN-005 |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BALDWIN-006 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BALDWIN011 |
| 23 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-BALDWIN-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Scottsboro: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midgeville Plant No. 1 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scottsboro in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2013: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Scottsboro | $3,000 | The public reported water from Reedy Creek coming out of its banks and flowing across a portion of Georgia Highway 29 or Irwinton Road. This minor flooding occurred around 5 miles south of Milledgeville. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsboro | $1,000 | The Baldwin County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down onto a power line along Gordon Highway in southeast Baldwin county. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Scottsboro | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Colony | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Harrisburg | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Carling (historical) | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pancras | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hardwick | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Allenwood | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Milledgeville | 3.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356525. 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.







