Wallston, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Warner Robins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31098. The Survey maps it on the Warner Robins SE quadrangle.
On record in Wallston
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.
Warner Robins Depotlisted 2008 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Warner Robins quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Warner Robins SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
211 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Wallston between 1992 and 2019, burning about 566 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 39 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 | 79 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Natural | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-BIBB-001 |
| 15 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-HOUSTON-012 |
| 1 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wallston: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macon Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallston in 11 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallston | $50,000 | The public reported a power line blown down on Robins Parkway just south of 7th Street and a large tree blown down onto a home in the Woodbridge subdivision. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallston | $12,000 | A Macon area television news station reported trees blown down and a storage shed damaged along Highway 247. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallston | $4,000 | The Houston County 911 center reported a couple of trees and some power lines blown down in the Northside/Parkview areas of Warner Robins. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallston | $1,500 | The public reported trees down at Houston Road and Jones Road. Trees were also uprooted in Bonaire. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallston | $1,500 | Broadcast Media reported several trees down in Warner Robins. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallston | $1,000 | The Houston County Emergency Manager reported a large tree limb blown down on a house on Green Street. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallston | $250 | The broadcast media relayed reports of a tree down in Warner Robins. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Wallston | - | Public reported six inches of water flowing over US Highway 129 / Hawkinsville Road, just north of Green Street. Cars were nearly washed off the road. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 5 inches of rainfall occurred in the area. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Wallston | - | The Robins AFB fire department reported dime-sized hail. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Wallston | - | A CoCoRaHS observer reported quarter-sized hail. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Wallston | - | WMGT-TV relayed a report of penny size hail that fell in Warner Robins. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warner Robins | 0.1 miles | 11 | |
| Honey Ridge Plantation | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Redding | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Danes Meadow | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hunters Ridge | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Shirley Hills Estates | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Creekside | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Elberta | 2.9 miles | 11 |
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 Q122565407 | 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 1671786. 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.






