Thalean, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Americus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31719. The Survey maps it on the Lake Collins quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Lake Collins quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
267 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Thalean between 1992 and 2020, burning about 781 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 14 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 | 143 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
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 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021SUMTER002 |
| 9 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-SUMTER-002 |
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SUMTER-010 |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SUMTER-008 |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-SUMTER-021 |
| 30 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SUMTER017 |
| 28 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Thalean: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Dairy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Reeves Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thalean in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thalean | $2,000 | Tree down on south Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd near Old Dawson Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thalean | $2,000 | A tree was reported down near the intersection of Hwy 49 and Fox Stephens Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thalean | $2,000 | The Sumter County 911 center reported trees blown down along Highway 49 at Dogwood Drive and Arch Helms Road. |
| December 2014 | Heavy Rain | Thalean | - | COCORAHS observer reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 3.60 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Point | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Maddox | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Croxton Crossroads | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Americus | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sumter Homes | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sumter | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Plains | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Northside Homes | 5.9 miles | 8 |
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 Q122539989 | 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 333210. 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.




