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Trimble, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Hogansville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30230. It stands on Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hogansville quadrangle.

Trimble within Troup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

201 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Trimble between 1992 and 2020, burning about 832 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 29 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 burning100
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Smoking13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HEARD-002
8 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism8.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-COWETA-002
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-TROUP-003
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Troup County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Trimble: 3 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mrs J D Moreland's PropertyGraniteProspect
Lone Oak/Post/WilkesGoldPast ProducerVein
PostGoldProspectVein
WilkesGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Troup County

Storms near this place

14 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trimble in 14 storm reports between 2015 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
December 2015Flash FloodTrimble$1,600,000The Troup County Emergency Manager reported around six roads and culverts had been washed out in central portions of the county and in the LaGrange area. A few water rescues were needed.
December 2015Flash FloodTrimble$300,000A USGS stream gauge on the Yellowjacket Creek at Hammett Road near Hogansville reached flood stage of 8 feet. The creek crest at 13.8 feet. Significant flooding occurred in the marshy wetlands and woods along the creek upstream and downstream from the gauge. Two houses and some buildings on the right bank near the bridge were flooded with around one foot of water.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindTrimble$8,000NWS Employee reports numerous trees snapped near mile marker 30 on I-85.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindTrimble$6,000The Troup County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down along Buck Smith Road.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindTrimble$3,000Survey found several trees down on roads near hwy 29 and trimble station rd from non tornadic winds.
December 2015Flash FloodTrimble$3,000A USGS stream gauge on the Yellowjacket Creek at Hammett Road or around 4 miles southwest of Hogansville reached flood stage of 8 feet. The creek crest at 8.6 feet. Minor flooding occurred in the marshy wetlands and woods along the creek upstream and downstream from the gauge. Yards of nearby homes were flooded.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindTrimble$2,000Report of at least two trees down on hogansville rd, between ralls rd and trimble station rd.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindTrimble$1,000Tree downed across roadway on 900 block of norwood rd.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindTrimble$1,000Sheet metal roofing panels were removed from an outbuilding near Pine Dr.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindTrimble$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down on the intersection of Norwood Rd and Ralls Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTrimble$1,000Tree down in yard off of Corinth Rd near Johnson Rd.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTrimble$1,000Report of tree down on Ralls Rd.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindTrimble$1,000The Troup County 911 center reported a tree blown down along Trimble Station Road near Hogansville Road.
February 2025Tornado (EF0)Trimble-An EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 85 mph touched down in northeastern Troup County February 15, 2025 at 4:25AM EST. The tornado spun up within a strong line of storms moving rapidly eastward through Alabama and into Western Georgia in the early in the morning hours Sunday Feb 15. The tornado first touched down on private property in the 9000 block of Hogansville Road or Hwy 29. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted on the property approximately 1/3 of a mile north of Hwy 29. Additionally, a weak Tornado Debris Signature (TDS) briefly appeared on KFFC in this location around 4:26 AM further confirming the presence of a weak tornado. The tornado continued east through mainly a heavily wooded area north of Hwy 29 and crossing Hwy 29 near the intersection of Buck Smith Road where mostly minor tree damage occurred. The tornado did impact 1 structure however, a Barndominium, just west of Minnie Sewell Road where much of the metal roof was torn off and tossed into nearby trees. The tornado lifted as it approached Minnie Sewell Road.

Every storm recorded in Troup 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
Hogansville2.3 miles10
Bass Crossroads4.1 miles10
Hammett Acres5.4 miles10
Harrisonville5.4 miles10
Brays Lakeview5.6 miles10
Lakeview Meadows6.4 miles10
Asta Village6.7 miles10
Point North7.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333263. 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.