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Terrell, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Poulan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31789. The Survey maps it on the Sumner quadrangle.

Terrell within Worth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

286 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Terrell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,255 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 62 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 burning178
Arson/incendiarism62
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3

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 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-TURNER-006
8 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2001Debris and open burning11 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-WORTH-001
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WORTH003
25 September 2017Arson/incendiarism37 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-WORTH-003
25 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Worth County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Terrell in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026Thunderstorm WindTerrell-Trees were blocking Joe Sumner Road between Shingler Little River Rd and Ephesus Church Rd.
March 2020FloodTerrell-Flooding was reported on Gunsmoke Road to Joe Sumner Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindTerrell-A tree was blown down at Isabella Terrell Road close to Worth Turner Road.

Every storm recorded in Worth 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
Shingler3.4 miles9
Camp Sherwood6.6 miles9
Isabella6.7 miles9
San Barnard (historical)6.9 miles9
Sumner7.3 miles8
Poulan7.6 miles9
Sylvester7.7 miles9
Gammage8.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326546. 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.