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Condor, 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.

Condor 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

862 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 862 fires within 5 miles of Condor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,234 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 136 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 burning448
Arson/incendiarism136
Equipment and vehicle use78
Misuse of fire by a minor48
Recreation and ceremony41
Smoking38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Natural20

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 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-LAURENS-037
9 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-LAURENS-035
8 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurens County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Condor: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 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
Allen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
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

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Condor in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2018: 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCondor$20,000The Laurens County Emergency Manager reported thunderstorm wind damage across the eastern portion of the county from East Dublin to west of Adrian. Part of a roof was removed from a parsonage along Dewey Warnock Road where an irrigation system was also overturned and several trees were blown down. Several more trees were blown down around the intersection of Highway 86 and Orianna Road.
June 2014HailCondor-The Laurens County 911 Center reported quarter sized hail east of East Dublin.

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 Condor0.6 miles8
East Dublin1.9 miles8
Catlin2.3 miles8
Dublin3.6 miles8
Brewton4.1 miles8
Minter5.6 miles9
Lollie (historical)6.0 miles9
Manning (historical)6.1 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326230. 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.