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Silvertown, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Thomaston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30286. It stands on Tenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thomaston quadrangle.

Silvertown within Upson County

On record in Silvertown

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.

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

524 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 524 fires within 5 miles of Silvertown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,564 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 57 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 burning327
Arson/incendiarism57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Equipment and vehicle use34
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-UPSON-003
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-UPSON-011
4 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UPSON-007
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON013

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Silvertown: 12 prospects, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
B S Gibson ProspectsMicaProspect
Bentley ProspectMicaProspect
Cumbie ProspectsMicaProspect
Emmit Trice ProspectMicaProspect
F M Thompson PropertyMicaProspect
Grace ProspectMicaProspect
J J Reeves ProspectMicaProspect
J.A.Partridge MineMicaPast Producer
King & Thurston MineMicaPast Producer
L.M.Brooks ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Upson County

Storms near this place

10 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silvertown in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindSilvertown$50,000Amateur radio operators relayed reports of two trees down within the city of Thomaston. Both trees fell on homes causing damage to the structures.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSilvertown$10,000The Upson County Emergency Manager reported that part of the roof was lifted on the old train depot in Thomaston.
May 2013LightningSilvertown$10,000The Upson County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a house on the north side of Thomaston. The house caught fire but the fire was quickly extinguished.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSilvertown$6,000The Upson County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down from the Thomaston/Hannahs Mill area to north of Yatesville.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSilvertown$5,000Numerous trees reported down across Upson county, particularly near Thomaston.
November 2014Thunderstorm WindSilvertown$4,000Amateur radio operator reported trees snapped and power lines downed at Emmaus Church Road and Mill Race Road.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSilvertown$4,000The Upson County 911 Center reported several trees and power lines down across roads on the north side of Thomaston. A few other trees were reported down in the eastern part of the county.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSilvertown$1,000A report was received over social media of a tree blown down and blocking R Street NW.
July 2018HailSilvertown-The Upson County Emergency Manager received several reports of quarter size hail in the West Silvertown neighborhood in Thomaston.
April 2016HailSilvertown-The Upson County Emergency Manager reported penny size hail in Thomaston.

Every storm recorded in Upson 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
Thomaston1.4 miles12
Paynes Mill1.7 miles12
East Thomaston1.8 miles12
Hannahs Mill2.0 miles12
Lincoln Park2.6 miles12
McKinney3.1 miles12
Sunset Village3.2 miles12
Pickard3.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333058. 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.