Starksville, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Leesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31763. It stands on White Oak Branch. The Survey maps it on the Neyami quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Leslie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Neyami quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
218 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Starksville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 678 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 19 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 | 135 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-LEE-006 |
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Smoking | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LEE-011 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LEE-010 |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 46 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LEE005 |
| 25 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LEE-009 |
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 Starksville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Dobson Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Starksville in 13 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starksville | $75,000 | Six wood power transmission poles 12 to 14 inches in diameter were snapped and doors were blown out at the Ag Research Center near U.S. Highway 19. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starksville | $2,000 | A tree was blown down in the backyard of a resident and damaged a shed. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starksville | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto a power line. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starksville | - | A tree was blown down onto a personal property along Lumpkin Road. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starksville | - | A personal weather station measured a wind gust of 92.8 mph just north of Leesburg. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starksville | - | Numerous trees were blown down across the county. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starksville | - | Trees were blown down. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Starksville | - | Water was reported over Lumpkin Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starksville | - | A tree was blown down at Lumpkin Road and Smithville Road. |
| December 2018 | Flash Flood | Starksville | - | Flash flooding affected structures on Lumpkin Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starksville | - | A few trees were blown down at Old Stage Road and Highway 195. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starksville | - | A tree was blown down near the 100 block of Highway 377. |
| April 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Starksville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mossy Dell | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Leesburg | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Jordan Place | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Neyami | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Byne Crossroads | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Century | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Chehaw | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Scrutchins | 6.9 miles | 9 |
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 Q122566340 | 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 356557. 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.





