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Catlin, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Dublin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31027. The Survey maps it on the East Dublin quadrangle.

Catlin within Laurens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

889 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 889 fires within 5 miles of Catlin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,414 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 114 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 burning468
Arson/incendiarism114
Equipment and vehicle use92
Railroad operations and maintenance43
Misuse of fire by a minor42
Recreation and ceremony42
Smoking39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Natural21

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 2011Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-LAURENS-035
8 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-LAURENS-020
8 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2014Natural9.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-LAURENS-026
3 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020LAURENS036
29 September 1993Debris and open burning15 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurens County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Catlin: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 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
Allen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East DublinSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Holmes MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerAlluvium

Every working recorded in Laurens County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Catlin in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
April 2015Thunderstorm WindCatlin$10,000The Laurens County Emergency Manager reported several large oak trees and numerous pine trees blown down along I-16 near Highway 199.
April 2020FloodCatlin$5,000The Emergency Manager reported a shoulder washout into the roadway at Turkey Creek Circle near Bruce Circle. The flooding resulted from an additional 2 to 3 inches of rain over the area which combined with already saturated conditions or ongoing flooding from earlier in the week.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCatlin$1,500Amateur radio operators relayed a report from the Deputy Emergency Manager of several trees down on the on/off ramps at exit 58 on Interstate 16.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindCatlin$1,000Tree down off of I-16 near mile marker 53 in the west bound lane.

Every storm recorded in Laurens 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
Old Condor1.8 miles8
Condor2.3 miles8
East Dublin3.7 miles8
Minter3.7 miles9
Lollie (historical)4.0 miles9
Dublin4.8 miles8
Brewton5.8 miles8
Tweed6.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326211. 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.