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Wrightsboro, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Thomson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30824. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wrightsboro quadrangle.

Wrightsboro within McDuffie County

On record in Wrightsboro

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Wrightsboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 668 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 5 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 burning117
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MCDUFFIE-005
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MCDUFFIE-008
21 September 2016Debris and open burning7.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-MCDUFFIE-009
19 September 2011Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MCDUFFIE-012
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-MCDUFFIE-008
18 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-MCDUFFIE-007
16 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MCDUFFIE003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDuffie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Wrightsboro: 7 prospects, 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Weston and Brooker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Columbia MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Parks MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
LandersGold, LeadProspectVein
PorterGold, LeadProspectVein
TathamGold, LeadProspectVein
WoodallGold, LeadProspectVein
Columbia Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Hamilton Gold MineGoldPast Producer
SellersGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in McDuffie County

Storms near this place

7 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wrightsboro in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 5 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
October 2014Thunderstorm WindWrightsboro$2,000SKYWARN spotter driving along I-20 NNE of Thomson reported a few trees down along the interstate and that intense winds knocked down the magnetic antenna mount on his car.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWrightsboro-A tree was downed on Interstate 20 westbound near mile marker 171. Time estimated.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWrightsboro-Multiple trees were downed on Cedar Rock Rd at Tanyard Creek Dr, NW of Thomson. Time estimated.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindWrightsboro-Trees were downed, taking down a power line, along Wrightsboro Rd near Ridgeview Rd.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWrightsboro-A tree was downed onto power lines on Ginger Hill Rd. Time estimated.
June 2018HailWrightsboro-Report of golf ball size hail, and strong winds, near the intersection of Cobbham Rd and Stagecoach Rd NE.
July 2012HailWrightsboro-Public reported nickel size hail that lasted for around 30 minutes and almost covered the ground near Sterling Wells Road and Hwy 150.

Every storm recorded in McDuffie 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
Three Points1.6 miles14
Anthony Crossroads3.1 miles14
Hamilton Crossroads4.1 miles20
Shiloh (historical)4.3 miles20
Columbia Mine (historical)4.6 miles14
Scuffletown5.2 miles20
Tatham Mines (historical)5.2 miles14
Thomson6.5 miles10

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 WrightsboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65089845The 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 356652. 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.