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Veazey, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Greensboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30642. It stands on Bowden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greensboro quadrangle.

Veazey within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Veazey between 1992 and 2019, burning about 499 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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 burning82
Equipment and vehicle use25
Smoking18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GREENE-011
6 September 2010Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-GREENE-005
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-GREENE-007
21 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Veazey: 1 plant, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Greene County QuarryGraniteProducer
Siloam QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Siloam Washing Plant & PitFeldsparPlant

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Veazey in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2008HailVeazey$75,000The Greene County Emergency Management Director reported that golf ball-sized hail covered the ground along the north shores of Lake Oconee in southern Greene county. Similar hail was observed on the Putnam county side of the lake as well. The public reported half-dollar-sized hail in the same area.
May 2008HailVeazey$20,000The public reported hen egg or 2.00 inch diameter hail in the Veazey area of southern Greene county. Radar supported that hail up to this size may well have continued further east toward Siloam.
February 2019Thunderstorm WindVeazey$8,000The Greene County Emergency Manager reported several areas of multiple trees blown down between Greensboro and Siloam, mainly along and south of I-20.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindVeazey$5,000Emergency manager reported several trees down near the intersection of Liberty Church Rd and Veazey Rd.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindVeazey$500Rayle EMC reported trees down on a power line.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindVeazey-Emergency manager reported several trees down on homes in the Veazy community.

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Mosquito Crossing2.4 miles11
Flat Rock (historical)2.8 miles11
Siloam3.9 miles12
Ruth (historical)3.9 miles11
Thurston5.0 miles11
Greensboro5.4 miles11
Liberty5.7 miles11
White Plains6.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333322. 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.