BlockThyatira, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30549. The Survey maps it on the Apple Valley quadrangle.
On record in Thyatira
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Williamson-Maley-Turner Farmlisted 1995 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Apple Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Thyatira between 1992 and 2019, burning about 264 acres in total. 2 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 | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 8.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JACKSON-005 |
| 5 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JACKSON-001 |
| 4 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-JACKSON-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thyatira in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thyatira | $2,000 | The Public reported power lines blown down along Still Water Lane east of Jefferson. |
| April 2019 | Flash Flood | Thyatira | - | Emergency Manager reported that Highway 15 was closed at Bennett Cemetery Road due to water over the roadway. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall amounts of 2.5 to 4.0 inches, with higher amounts up to 5.0 inches, had occurred over the area in a short period of time. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Valley | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Brockton | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Jefferson | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dry Pond | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Arcade | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hurricane Shoals (historical) | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Holders | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Nicholson | 5.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333227. 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.