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East Macon, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Macon East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31217. The Survey maps it on the Macon East quadrangle.

East Macon within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

483 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 483 fires within 5 miles of East Macon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 989 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 80 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 burning192
Arson/incendiarism80
Misuse of fire by a minor48
Equipment and vehicle use38
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Smoking30
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony16

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-TWIGGS-011
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-TWIGGS-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of East Macon: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth. 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
Pikes Peak Fuller's EarthFullers EarthPast ProducerCristobalite, Opal, Montmorillonite
Franklinton Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceAlluvium
Burns Brick Co MineClayProducer
Burns MineClayProducer
Cherokee MineClayProducer
Sam Hall and SonsClayOccurrence
B.D. Tharpe MineKaolinOccurrence
Birch No. 1 MineKaolinPast Producer
MineKaolinPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bibb County

Storms near this place

1 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Macon in 1 storm report in 1995: 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 1995Thunderstorm WindEast Macon$750Thunderstorm winds blew trees down on power lines.

Every storm recorded in Bibb 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
Crystal Springs0.2 miles14
Bridgeman0.5 miles14
Tanglewood0.6 miles14
Kings Park0.7 miles14
Wheeler Heights0.7 miles14
Lakeside0.8 miles14
Mogul0.9 miles14
Whispering Pines1.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672104. 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.