Dixie Union, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Dixie Union census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31503. The Survey maps it on the Dixie Union quadrangle.

Dixie Union within Ware County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1971 USGS Dixie Union quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

282 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Dixie Union between 1992 and 2020, burning about 817 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 20 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	143
Railroad operations and maintenance	33
Natural	30
Equipment and vehicle use	22
Arson/incendiarism	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Recreation and ceremony	6
Smoking	5

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
6 September 2006	Natural	20 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-WARE-007
26 September 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-WARE-013
20 September 2006	Debris and open burning	5.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020WARE009

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ware 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 Dixie Union: 1 occurrence. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unnamed Sand Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Alluvium

Every working recorded in Ware County

Storms near this place

29 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixie Union in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	$250,000	no account filed
January 2007	Tornado (F0)	Dixie Union	$20,000	At 17:10 A pump house was destroyed.\|At 17:15 One block off of highway 1 in Dixie Union along Otter Road multiple mobile homes had their siding stripped. Trees down.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	$15,000	no account filed
November 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	$5,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	$3,000	Two trees were blown down in Dixie Union. One tree fell onto a home's roof. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion into Storm Data.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	$2,000	Large trees were blown across US-23.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	$1,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	$1,000	A tree and power line were blown down across Neal Penland Road. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data.
August 2023	Hail	Dixie Union	-	A resident along Telmore Dixie Union Road experienced quarter size hail. A child's playhouse was blown across the yard due to strong wind gusts.
January 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	-	Trees were blown down in Dixie Union. The time of damage was based on radar.
March 2018	Hail	Dixie Union	-	Quarter size hail was observed in Dixie Union.
August 2018	Heavy Rain	Dixie Union	-	A member of the general public measured 3.75 inches of rainfall within 2 hours.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	-	A tin roof was blown off of a residence. Photos via social media relayed to NWS by local media.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	-	Numerous trees were blown down across Highway 158 and North River Road.
February 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	-	Trees were blown down near River Road. The time was based on radar.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	-	Trees and power lines were blown down across the northern tier of the county. The time of damage was based on radar imagery.
September 2009	Heavy Rain	Dixie Union	-	A spotter measured 5.75 inches of rain overnight.
August 2009	Hail	Dixie Union	-	A spotter reported golfball size hail in Dixie Union.
June 2008	Hail	Dixie Union	-	Penny size hail was reported in Dixie Union between 1215 am EDT and 1220 am EDT.
January 2007	Funnel Cloud	Dixie Union	-	Ware County 911 center reported a funnel cloud at the tree top level along U.S. Highway 1 just south of Dixie Union.
January 2007	Hail	Dixie Union	-	Penny sized hail reported in Dixie Union.
October 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	-	40 to 50 mph winds.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	-	no account filed
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	-	no account filed
March 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	-	no account filed
March 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	-	no account filed
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie Union	-	no account filed
October 2002	Hail	Dixie Union	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Dixie Union	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ware 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Haywood	2.1 miles	8
Crawley	3.3 miles	8
Bolen	3.5 miles	8
Waltertown	4.2 miles	8
Talmo	5.9 miles	8
Waresboro	6.3 miles	8
Jamestown	6.4 miles	8
Viviani	7.0 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 313496. 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.