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Zenith, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Zenith census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31030. The Survey maps it on the Fort Valley West quadrangle. It stands 584 feet above sea level.

Zenith within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

342 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 342 fires within 5 miles of Zenith between 1992 and 2020, burning about 962 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 33 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 burning207
Equipment and vehicle use34
Arson/incendiarism33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural17
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking9

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2008Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning96 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CRAWFORD-004
28 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-CRAWFORD-012
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford 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 Zenith: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rollo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Rollo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zenith in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2016Thunderstorm WindZenith$20,000The Crawford County 911 center reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the southeastern portion of the county along Taylors Mill Road, Jackson Road and Zenith Mill Road. Some trees fell on houses in the Taylors Mill area, however no injuries were reported.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindZenith$6,000The Crawford County 911 center reported several trees blown down along Highway 341 around East Houze Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindZenith$2,000Emergency manager reported a tree and power lines down on Zenith Mill Rd near Pearson Farm and W Houze Rd.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindZenith$500The Crawford County Emergency Manager reported a couple of trees down on the south end of the county.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindZenith-Multiple trees down on property and damage to roof of manufactured home on Cummings Rd near Magnolia Rd.
March 2002HailZenith-The public reported quarter size hail near U.S. Highway 341 and House Road.

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Lee Pope1.2 miles11
Allon1.8 miles11
Gaillard2.6 miles8
Hammett3.8 miles8
Horns4.6 miles8
Nakomis4.7 miles8
Francisville7.4 miles8
Friendship7.5 miles11

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 ZenithAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989193The 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 326604. 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.