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Whitfield, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the LaGrange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30241. The Survey maps it on the Mountville quadrangle.

Whitfield within Troup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

183 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Whitfield between 1992 and 2019, burning about 590 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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 burning104
Arson/incendiarism14
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4

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
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-TROUP-003
24 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-TROUP-003
21 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-TROUP-001
19 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Debris and open burning3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Troup County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Whitfield: 3 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Mica, Iron, Nickel, Arsenic, Lead. 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
Crosby ProspectMicaProspect
H Amason ProspectArsenic, LeadProspectUnderground
Louise Chromite DepositChromium, Iron, NickelProspect1870
Pothill MineChromiumPast Producer
Turner MineChromiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Troup County

Storms near this place

8 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitfield in 8 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
July 2020HailWhitfield$320,000The public reported hail the size of hen eggs along Mt Zion Church Road. A window and a patio table were broken at a home and car alarms were set off in the area.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWhitfield$2,000Report of at least two power lines down near the intersection of hogansville rd and n/s davis rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWhitfield$2,000Emergency manager reported a tree down on powerlines at Tin Bridge Rd and Cedar Ridge Rd.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindWhitfield$2,000Tree down onto a barn and pool house on Ridgeview Dr.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWhitfield$1,000Tree reported down at the intersection of hogansville rd and bell rd.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWhitfield$1,000Em reported tree down at Hogansville Rd and Bell Rd.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWhitfield-Two trees reported down at the intersection of Hogansville and Patillo Rd.
April 2021HailWhitfield-A report of hail the size of quarters on North Davis Road near Hogansville Road was received over social media.

Every storm recorded in Troup 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
Louise0.8 miles10
Brookstone Estates3.3 miles12
West Wind3.7 miles12
Riverview3.9 miles12
Asta Village3.9 miles10
Mountville4.4 miles10
Fernwood4.4 miles12
View Pointe4.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333422. 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.