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Stark, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Flovilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30233. It stands on Caney Fork. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle.

Stark within Butts 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

270 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Stark between 1992 and 2020, burning about 915 acres in total. 9 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 burning153
Arson/incendiarism25
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Natural9

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
5 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minor5.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance21 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019JASPER001
15 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BUTTS001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butts County

Storms near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stark in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 9 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindStark$5,000Emergency manager reported several trees down along Halls Bridge Rd, between Stark Rd and Singley Rd.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindStark$5,000Multiple trees and power lines reported down, blocking the road on Scout Island Rd near Jackson Lake.
August 2010LightningStark$5,000The Jackson Progress Argus reported that lightning struck a home on Halls Bridge Road, which happened to be the home of the Butts county sheriff. Only minor damage was reported to the structure.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindStark$2,000The Butts County 911 center reported multiple trees blown down along Highway 36 near Stark.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindStark$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down on Halls Bridge Rd near Yellow Water Creek. The location was estimated based on radar.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindStark$1,000Tree reported down on Macedonia Church Rd near White Rd.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindStark$1,000Tree down at Four points Rd and Jim McMichael Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindStark$1,000A tree was downed on Stark Rd at Scout Island Rd.
November 2016Thunderstorm WindStark$1,000The Butts County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Hamm Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindStark$750The Butts County 911 Center relayed reports of at least three trees down near Jackson Lake.
May 2003HailStark-The public reported quarter-sized hail.
March 1999HailStark-A radio station reported dime size hail on Barnetts Bridge Road near Jackson Lake. The hail damaged a few plants.

Every storm recorded in Butts 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
McMichael Crossroads3.1 miles12
Iron Springs Crossroads3.2 miles12
Pepperton3.4 miles12
Bibb (historical)3.5 miles12
Worthville4.0 miles11
Jackson4.1 miles12
Flovilla5.5 miles12
Fincherville5.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333115. 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.

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.