Seney, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Aragon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30104. The Survey maps it on the Rockmart North quadrangle.

Seney within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Rockmart North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

688 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 688 fires within 5 miles of Seney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,483 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 386 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/incendiarism	386
Debris and open burning	208
Equipment and vehicle use	33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Misuse of fire by a minor	15
Railroad operations and maintenance	11
Recreation and ceremony	10
Natural	7
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
9 September 2013	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-POLK-003
8 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-POLK-008
8 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2013	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-POLK-002
6 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-POLK-007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Seney: 16 past producers, 9 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Clay, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Hillyer Property	Manganese	Prospect	1919
Ladd Lime and Stone Co Pits	Clay	Past Producer
Albea and York Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1892
Johnson Property	Iron	Past Producer
T H Randall Mine	Iron	Past Producer
W.A. Camp & L. Clark Banks	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Warrick Iron Property	Iron	Past Producer
Asbury Mine	Aluminum	Past Producer
Bradshaw Mine	Aluminum	Past Producer
Broadaway Mine	Aluminum	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seney in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
March 2008	Tornado (EF3)	Seney	1 killed, 1 hurt, $3,500,000	A ground and aerial survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, GA in cooperation with the Georgia State Patrol and local emergency managers confirmed that an EF3 tornado had touched down in extreme north central Polk county, just east of the town of Seney near the intersection of Georgia Highway 101 and the Floyd county line. The tornado then tracked approximately 16 miles across extreme northeast Polk, extreme southeast Floyd, and into southern Bartow county before lifting southwest of Cartersville. The tornado had a maximum path width of 1/2 mile with maximum wind speeds estimated at 150 mph. EF3 damage was noted at three locations along the path of the tornado as it tracked across the three counties. The tornado made an approximate 3-mile track across far northern Polk county.\|\|Within Polk county, four homes were destroyed, two sustained major damage, five had minor damage, and 5 others were minimally impacted. All of these were in the far north central and northeast part of the county between Georgia Highway 101 and the Floyd county line where Bon Loop Road intersects the Floyd county line. One fatality and one injury occurred on Bon Loop Road where a home was destroyed. In addition, several county outbuildings, barns, shops, vehicles, one motor home, one travel trailer, one dog kennel business, several fences were heavily damaged. Several livestock were either injured or killed. Hundreds of trees and power lines were down in the area, including several high tension power lines support structures, which were heavily damaged.
September 2009	Flood	Seney	$15,000	The USGS stream gage on Euharlee Creek near Rockmart indicated that minor flooding was occuurring. Some roads and adjacent property near the creek experienced flooding as a consequence for several hours. Monetary damage, mainly in the form of debris removal, was estimated at $15,000.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Seney	$4,000	The Polk County 911 Center reported that 15 trees were down across the county.
March 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Seney	$1,000	An amateur radio operator relayed a report of wind gusts to 50 mph at Midway school. A few power lines were blown down in the area.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Seney	$1,000	Polk county 911 reported power lines and trees down.
August 2021	Flash Flood	Seney	-	The Emergency Manager reported water flowing over a portion of Fish Creek Road was up to the mailboxes. Radar estimates indicate that 2 to 3 inches of rain occurred over the area, causing the flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hamlet (historical)	2.2 miles	17
Ravenel (historical)	3.3 miles	17
Aragon	4.4 miles	17
Portland	4.9 miles	17
Davitte (historical)	4.9 miles	17
Posco (historical)	5.2 miles	17
Fish Creek	5.2 miles	19
Lake Creek	5.2 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333006. 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.