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Strouds, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Culloden-Bolingbroke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31016. The Survey maps it on the Strouds quadrangle.

Strouds within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Strouds between 1992 and 2020, burning about 442 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 17 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 burning81
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4

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
8 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-UPSON-004
5 September 2006Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MONROE003
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MONROE-014
21 September 1997Arson/incendiarism6.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Debris and open burning2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Strouds: 12 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gemstone. 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
Adams MineMica, GemstonePast Producer
Herron MineMica, GemstonePast Producer
J T Means MineMica, GemstonePast Producer
Battles MineMicaPast Producer
Chatfield MineMicaPast Producer
Haygood ProspectMicaProspect
Helen Mcdonald ProspectMicaProspect
Holloway MineMicaPast Producer
Holmes MineMicaPast Producer
Homer Hardin MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strouds in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Thunderstorm WindStrouds$15,000Multiple reports of trees down across the county from Russellville to Forsyth, Bolingbroke and Dames Ferry. Some locations include along Highway 83 at the Parker Chapel Church, Highway 41 at the New Providence Baptist Church, Dames Ferry Road at Highway 41, Estes Road, New Forsyth Road, Edge Road, and Dames Ferry Road just before Highway 87.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindStrouds$1,000Em reports tree down at ga241 and ga83 .

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Russellville4.1 miles10
Culloden4.2 miles10
Brent5.2 miles10
Dyas5.3 miles10
Spring Hill (historical)6.3 miles10
Bamah (historical)7.7 miles10
Moran8.7 miles10
Collier9.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356566. 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.