Wrayswood, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Greshamville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30677. It stands on Greenbrier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greshamville quadrangle.
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
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Greshamville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Wrayswood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 844 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 29 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 | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wrayswood: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watkinsville Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wrayswood in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrayswood | $150,000 | The Greene County Emergency Management Director reported that dozens of trees were down throughout the county. The Greshamville community in the western part of the county experienced the most damage. Trees were down on Georgia Highway 15 near Greensboro as well. Property damage across the county consistent of damage to a hanger at the Greene county airport, an EMS unit, and a high pressure natural gas main line. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Wrayswood | $10,000 | The Greene County 911 Center reported flash flooding primarily in the northern and western portions of the county. A portion of Macadonia Church Road was flooded and closed. A commercial building in the same general area was also flooded. Monetary damage to the road and property was estimated to be $10,000. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrayswood | $1,000 | The Greene County 911 Center reported that several trees were down near Georgia Highway 15 and the Oconee county line in extreme northern Greene county. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wrayswood | - | Several trees down along C M Copelan Road. |
| September 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Wrayswood | - | The Greene County 911 Center relayed a report from a Georgia Department of Natural Resources Agent of a funnel cloud on Georgia Highway 15 near Ward Road. This was one of three strong rotations detected by the KFFC WSR-88D storm-relative velocity data that moved through the Morgan, Greene, Oconee, and Oglethorpe county region in the 400 pm EDT to 530 pm EDT time frame. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scull Shoals (historical) | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Greshamville | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Penfield | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Carey | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bairdstown | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Greensboro | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Thurston | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Woodville | 11.2 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122543945 | 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 333471. 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.






