BlockThompson Crossroad, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30222. It stands on Winslow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Odessadale 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Odessadale quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
168 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Thompson Crossroad between 1992 and 2020, burning about 706 acres in total. 7 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 | 103 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MERIWETHER-002 |
| 29 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-MERIWETHER-004 |
| 26 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MERIWETHER-009 |
| 20 September 1997 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | 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 Thompson Crossroad: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| The Oddessa Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thompson Crossroad in 1 storm report in 2013: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thompson Crossroad | $5,000 | The Meriwether County Emergency Manager reported that multiple trees were blown down across the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allie | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Woodcraft | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Marks | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Greenville | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Odessadale | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Primrose | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lone Oak | 7.1 miles | 10 |
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 Q122568552 | 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 333217. 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.