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Stellaville, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wrens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30833. It stands on Jordan Branch. The Survey maps it on the Matthews quadrangle.

Stellaville within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

292 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 292 fires within 5 miles of Stellaville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 907 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 13 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 burning170
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use20
Natural19
Smoking17
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony4

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
30 September 2016Debris and open burning3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-JEFFERSON-009
26 September 2019Debris and open burning3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020JEFFERSON010
2 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021JEFFERSON005
17 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-JEFFERSON-007
15 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019JEFFERSON005
15 September 2011Debris and open burning57 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-JEFFERSON-026
15 September 1993Debris and open burning9.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-JEFFERSON-021

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stellaville: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron. 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
Norton PitIronOccurrence
Wrens Mine Ga-Tenn MiningClayProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stellaville in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2022Thunderstorm WindStellaville-A metal outdoor structure damaged in addition to trees and powerlines down near the intersection of Campground Rd and Hwy 80.
June 2004HailStellaville-The Jefferson County 911 center reported golf ball-sized hail in the Stellaville area.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Matthews1.9 miles16
Brinson Crossing2.1 miles16
Zebina2.1 miles16
Noah3.0 miles16
Wrens3.4 miles16
Wrens Station3.7 miles16
Atwell4.2 miles16
Padgett Crossing (historical)4.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356559. 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.