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Cyrene, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Brinson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39825. The Survey maps it on the Brinson quadrangle.

Cyrene within Decatur 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

304 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 304 fires within 5 miles of Cyrene between 1992 and 2020, burning about 947 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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 burning231
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking13
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
4 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-DECATUR-011
25 September 2019Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DECATUR023
23 September 2018Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019DECATUR002
22 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019DECATUR001
21 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DECATUR017
2 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Smoking1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Decatur County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cyrene: 1 past producer. None of them 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
Floyd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Decatur County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cyrene in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 4 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
March 2009Thunderstorm WindCyrene$75,000Several mobile homes and a barn were severely damaged. Several trees were toppled.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindCyrene$25,000A roof was lifted off a large building near Dothan Road and Cyrene Road.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCyrene-A tree was blown down at Dothan road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCyrene-A few trees were down northwest of Bainbridge.

Every storm recorded in Decatur 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
Brinson2.6 miles11
Hanover2.7 miles11
Lynn4.3 miles12
Ausmac4.3 miles12
Smiths Landing5.6 miles11
Eldorendo6.0 miles8
West Bainbridge6.3 miles12
Bainbridge7.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326242. 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.