Berner, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Forsyth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31029. It stands on Lee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Berner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1951 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Berner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
216 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Berner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,148 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 25 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 | 114 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019MONROE001 |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | 17 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-MONROE-012 |
| 7 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MONROE-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Berner: 7 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Garnet, Feldspar, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athen Prospect | Vermiculite, Mica | Prospect | ||
| Feldspar Corp Jasper Quarry A | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Owl Hollow Prospect | Garnet | Prospect | ||
| A T Redding Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Arnall Prospect | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Bell Cochran Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| C M Sutton Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Coleman Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| E J Goggins Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| New Ground Mine | Mica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berner in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Hail | Berner | $217,000 | Multiple reports were received from the public of quarter to golf ball sized hail in the eastern portion of Monroe County, from Berner to Juliette. |
| April 2011 | Lightning | Berner | $10,000 | The Monroe County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a barn near the Butts county line setting the structure on fire. The barn was destroyed as a result. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berner | $6,000 | The Monroe County Emergency Manager reported 20 to 30 trees blown down, mainly in the northeast part of the county. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berner | $3,000 | The Monroe county sheriff's office reported trees and power lines were knocked down in the north half of the 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.
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 Berner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q43080636 | 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 354555. 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.







