BlockCanaan, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Madison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30650. The Survey maps it on the Madison quadrangle.
On record in Canaan
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Madison Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1990 · 0.6 miles away
Madison Historic Districtlisted 1974 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Madison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Canaan between 1992 and 2019, burning about 556 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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 | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | 9.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 19 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-MORGAN-006 |
| 26 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MORGAN-001 |
| 19 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MORGAN001 |
| 17 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Canaan: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliston Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canaan in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canaan | $5,000 | The Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines down, mainly in and west of Madison. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canaan | $2,000 | The Morgan County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were blown down in Madison. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Beacon Heights | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Smyrna | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Dorsey | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Sugar Creek | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Shields (historical) | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bethany | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Brownwood | 5.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 345973. 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.