Warthen, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Warthen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31094. It stands on Alligator Branch. The Survey maps it on the Warthen quadrangle. 132 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 479 feet above sea level.
On record in Warthen
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 1 record
Warthen Historic Districtlisted 1997
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Harrison House, Georgia Highway 15 vicinity, Warthenfederal building survey, 1 photograph
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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Warthen quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
198 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Warthen between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,170 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 22 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 | 113 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-WASHINGTON-016 |
| 25 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-WASHINGTON-017 |
| 23 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WASHINGTON-023 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Warthen: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irwin Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Roughton Mine | Kaolin | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warthen in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2011: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warthen | $7,000 | The public reported that many trees and power lines were down across the county. One tree was down on a vehicle. Power outages were noted throughout much of the county. The wind damage was largely caused by an outflow boundary as an area of thunderstorms moved into the county from the north. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warthen | $500 | The public reported several trees blown down. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warthen | $250 | Personnel at the Warthen Post Office reported that a few tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warthen | $250 | The Washington county 911 center reported that one tree was blown down. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Warthen | - | The public observed penny-sized hail in the far northern part of the county in the Hamburg State Park area. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Warthen | - | The Washington County Sheriff's Department observed nickel-sized hail around Warthen. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Warthen | - | Personnel at the Warthen Post Office observed penny-sized hail. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Warthen | - | The Washington County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Warthen | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsey (historical) | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Sparks | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Chalker (historical) | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Kaolin | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Silas (historical) | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Downs | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Sandersville | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Tanner | 9.3 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Warthen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12898258 | 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 342360. 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.






