Snelsons Crossroads, Georgia
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Woodbury census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30293. The Survey maps it on the Warm Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 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.
- 1907 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1934 USGS Warm Springs quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1936 USGS Warm Springs quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Warm Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
175 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Snelsons Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 555 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 25 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 | 98 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| 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 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MERIWETHER004 |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Natural | 5.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MERIWETHER007 |
| 2 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Snelsons Crossroads: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris City Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Snelson Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Cedar Rock Prospect | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Greenville Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snelsons Crossroads in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelsons Crossroads | $7,000 | A Meriwether county sheriff's deputy reported that several trees were down in the vicinity of Temple-Dukes Road in the southern part of the county. A barn was also damaged in the vicinity. An apparent downburst was evident on radar data in this area. Doppler radar base velocities were as high as 50 knots between Warm Springs and Raleigh at 606 pm EDT. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snelsons Crossroads | $1,000 | Em reports tree down on cedar rock rd, near temple dukes rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Crossroads | 0.6 miles | 22 | |
| Barnes Crossroads | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| McLendon Crossroads | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Harris City | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Raleigh | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Langdon | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Crowders Crossing | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Greenville | 4.4 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122546985 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333081. 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.







