BlockWhitesville, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Pine Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31833. It stands on Mountain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitesville quadrangle.
On record in Whitesville
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
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- John Davidson House, Whitesvillefederal building survey, 2 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Whitesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
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
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Whitesville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 753 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 16 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 | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-HARRIS-002 |
| 23 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-HARRIS-001 |
| 13 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HARRIS002 |
| 6 August 2007 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2002 | Natural | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TROUP-003 |
| 9 July 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitesville in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Hail | Whitesville | $267,000 | The Harris County Sheriff's Department, amateur radio operators, and the public observed quarter to golf ball-sized hail across northern Harris county from just east of Whitesville-Pine Lake, to Pine Mountain Valley, to Shiloh. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $100,000 | Harris county 911 reported 2 houses were destroyed, and many trees and power lines were blown down. A report from the public estimated the winds up to 60 mph. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Whitesville | $50,000 | The severe thunderstorm that brought golf ball-size hail to extreme southwest Troup county and West Point also brought golf ball-sized hail to extreme northwest Harris county. The public reported golf ball-sized hail in the extreme northwest corner of the county. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $15,000 | The Harris County 911 Center reported that nearly two dozen trees were down across the county. Most of the damage appeared to be concentrated in the West Point Lake and Cataula areas. In Cataula, the public reported minor damage to their home when three trees came down in their yard. One of the trees took out the electric line to the property. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $5,000 | The Harris County 911 Center reported numerous trees down near Whitesville. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $3,000 | Report of multiple trees down along I185 about 1 mile north of Hopewell Church Rd. Trees were next to each other. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $3,000 | The local Electric Membership Cooperative reported that a number of trees were down in the area as well as a few power poles. The Harris County 911 Center reported that several trees were down on U.S. Highway 27 one mile north of Cataula. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $2,000 | The Harris County 911 Center reported that from eight to ten trees were blown down in the northwest part of the county near Whitesville. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $1,000 | The Harris County 911 center reported a tree blown down onto Highway 18 near the intersection with Whitesville Road. |
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $1,000 | The Harris County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Highway 219 and Hopewell Church Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $1,000 | The Harris County 911 Center reported that five trees were down in the extreme northern corner of the county, just southeast of West Point and the intersection of Georgia Highways 18 and 103. |
| June 2007 | Lightning | Whitesville | $1,000 | The Harris County 911 Center reported that a power line was down as a result of a lightning strike. The transformer was also set on fire by the lightning. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $1,000 | Trees were knocked down in the Pine Valley Road area. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $1,000 | Several trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds; power lines were snapped as well. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $250 | The Harris county 911 center reported that a tree was blown down. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Whitesville | - | One inch hail reported at exit 30 on i-185. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | - | Damage to a sheet metal roof of an awning along with several large tree limbs down near the intersection of Hopewell Church Rd and Price Rd. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Whitesville | - | The public reported up to quarter size hail fell for about 30 minutes across portions of western Harris County, from southeast of West Point Lake to Hamilton. |
| November 2006 | Flood | Whitesville | - | The Harris County 911 Center reported street flooding on Georgia Highway 219 in the western part of the county. At one location, the water was up to one foot deep on the road. The road was not closed. WFR-88D rainfall estimates were in the three to four inch range across the northwest half of the county. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Whitesville | - | The public reported quarter to golf ball-sized hail. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Whitesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Whitesville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Lake | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Copeland (historical) | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hopewell | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| New Hope | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Beech Springs | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wisdoms Store (historical) | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Clines Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Grove | 5.0 miles | 14 |
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 Whitesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18217692 | 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 325224. 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.