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Yorkville, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Yorkville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30153. It stands on Rabbit Branch. The Survey maps it on the Yorkville quadrangle.

Yorkville within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

406 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 406 fires within 5 miles of Yorkville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,721 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 167 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
Arson/incendiarism167
Debris and open burning143
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use19
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking1

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 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Natural2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-POLK-016

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Yorkville: 6 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Gold, Manganese, Lead, Zinc. 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
Helms ProspectIron-PyritePast ProducerPyrite
Mcgarrity ProspectGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Silica Quarry No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
T.R. King PropertyIronPast ProducerResidual
Yorkville MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Estes PropertyManganeseUnknown1919
King PropertyManganeseOccurrence1919
A Jones ProspectSulfurProspect
C B Mcgarity ProspectSulfurProspect
C D Allgood ProspectSulfurProspect

Every working recorded in Paulding County

Storms near this place

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yorkville in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
June 2011HailYorkville$1,400,000The public observed golf ball-sized hail in the eastern part of Paulding county near Hiram and a cooperative observer reported quarter-sized hail near New Hope. This was the second severe thunderstorm to move across Paulding county this evening. WSR-88D radar data strongly suggested that hail of quarter-size or larger likely impacted a large portion of the county from Yorkville to Hiram.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindYorkville$8,000The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down on Gold Mine Road near Lock Lear Circle.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindYorkville$7,000The Paulding County Emergency Management Director reported that up to 60 trees were down across the county. No structural damage was reported.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindYorkville$5,000The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported trees and powerlines blown down from southwest of Yorkville on Jackson Farms Drive to just north of Yorkville around the intersection of Crossroads Church Road and Highway 101.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindYorkville$5,000An amateur radio operator reported multiple trees blown down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindYorkville$1,000Tree down near intersection of Crossroads Church Rd and Winterville Dr.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindYorkville$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree blocking Gold Mine Road near Hwy 101.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindYorkville$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down in roadway along Hwy 101 near N Browntown Rd.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindYorkville$1,000Emergency Manager reported a tree down across the roadway near the intersection of Old Brock Rd and Gold Mine Rd.
November 1996Thunderstorm WindYorkville$500no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindYorkville-The emergency manager reported a down stop sign at the intersection of highway 101 n and Gold Mine Road.
July 2017HailYorkville-The public reported quarter size hail.
April 2010HailYorkville-The public observed quarter-sized hail from the west central part of the county near Yorkville to the central part of the county, just northwest of Dallas.
February 2008HailYorkville-The public observed penny-sized hail in western Paulding county.
June 2006HailYorkville-The public reported quarter-sized hail west of Dallas between Dallas and Yorkville and penny-sized hail in New Hope.

Every storm recorded in Paulding 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
Vinson (historical)3.0 miles16
Beulah3.2 miles16
Divide3.8 miles16
Hanlin4.4 miles16
Braswell4.8 miles16
McPherson5.0 miles16
Pumpkin5.3 miles16
Union5.6 miles16

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 YorkvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30594420The 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 333485. 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.