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Walnut Grove, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the LaFayette quadrangle.

Walnut Grove within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

496 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 496 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,078 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 151 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 burning279
Arson/incendiarism151
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WALKER-009
6 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning8.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WALKER-008
5 September 1999Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Walnut Grove: 6 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Manganese. 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
Hawkins MineAluminum, IronPast Producer
Wilmer Frye ProspectIron, ManganeseProspect
Aggregate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Boss Tripoli MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shinbone Ridge Area-CIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge-AIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge-BIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Walker County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walnut Grove in 1 storm report in 2021: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2021Flash FloodWalnut Grove-The Emergency Manager reported high water from Cane Creek closed one lane near the intersection of Lee School Road and South Old Alabama Road. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 5 inches, resulting in the flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Walker 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
Guild (historical)0.6 miles25
Martindale1.4 miles19
Mount Carmel1.7 miles25
Blaylock Mill1.8 miles25
Horse Lake Estates2.7 miles25
Waterville2.7 miles20
Bronco2.8 miles25
Pledger Parkway2.9 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333356. 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.