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West Green, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31567. The Survey maps it on the Nicholls quadrangle. It stands 259 feet above sea level.

West Green within Coffee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

276 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of West Green between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,374 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 32 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 burning192
Arson/incendiarism32
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Natural1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2005Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Debris and open burning26 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Green in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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
September 2000Tornado (F0)West Green$45,000Weak FO. Tornado skipped along the surface. Damaged several farm buildings.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindWest Green$6,000Several reports of trees and powerlines down in the west green area, especially along George Deen Rd and HWY 221. Time estimated from radar.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWest Green$5,000Large trees were blown down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Green$2,000A barn with sheet metal roofing was scattered around a property along John Moore Road. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Green-Multiple large hardwood trees were blown down in a 100-yard-long area and a couple of large pine trees were snapped. Damage occurred about 2 miles west of West Green off of George Deen Road. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindWest Green-A chicken farm was damaged along Moore Road near West Green. A tornado warning was in effect at the time. The time of damage was based on radar data.
May 2017Tornado (EF1)West Green-Several trees with snapped trunks were observed along the tornado path. Some damage occurred to one home and one outbuilding.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Green-Winds blew down power lines in West Green.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindWest Green-Power lines were blown down in West Green.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWest Green-Trees were blown down along Amber Lane.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Green-Trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
April 2006HailWest Green-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindWest Green-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWest Green-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coffee 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
Lehigh3.8 miles8
Huffer4.7 miles8
Cherokee Hills5.9 miles8
Lotts6.8 miles8
Chatterton7.0 miles8
Saginaw7.5 miles8
Oak Park7.6 miles8
Blystonel8.1 miles8

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 West GreenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3709421The 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 356628. 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.

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.