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Zebina, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wrens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30833. It stands on Hadden Branch. The Survey maps it on the Matthews quadrangle.

Zebina within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

282 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Zebina between 1992 and 2020, burning about 982 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 13 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 burning165
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Natural21
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking14
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony3

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
7 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021JEFFERSON005
17 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-JEFFERSON-007
15 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019JEFFERSON005
15 September 2011Debris and open burning57 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-JEFFERSON-026
15 September 1993Debris and open burning9.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-JEFFERSON-021

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Zebina: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron. 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
Norton PitIronOccurrence
Wrens Mine Ga-Tenn MiningClayProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

4 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zebina in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997LightningZebina$200,000Lightning was responsible for at least three house fires in Jefferson County. The first one was reported at approximately 1:33 am in Zebina. Lightning struck a tree and jumped to a nearby home, entering the home through electrical wiring. Several appliances were damaged and the front door was knocked off of its hinges. A second strike at 1:38 am, entered the homes attic, after having struck a nearby tree. Some of the attic's insulation caught fire. The third lightning strike occurred just before 3:00 am. The lightning struck a pecan tree at the corner of a home, then entered the house. The sole occupant was able to escape and drive for help. The house was a total loss.
November 2014Thunderstorm WindZebina$8,000The Jefferson County 911 Center reported multiple trees blown down in Wrens and Louisville. One tree fell on a house in Louisville.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindZebina-Trees and powerlines down at Hwy 296 near Jefferson County Middle School.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindZebina-A few trees reported down near the intersection of Zebina Rd and Shady Oaks.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Stellaville2.1 miles16
Brinson Crossing3.2 miles16
Wrens Station3.2 miles16
Wrens3.6 miles16
Ellis Plantation3.9 miles15
Atwell3.9 miles16
Matthews4.0 miles16
Noah5.0 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.

Wikidata item Q122542794The 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 333491. 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.