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Edgars, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Irwinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31054. It stands on Little Commissioner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Irwinton quadrangle.

Edgars within Wilkinson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

328 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Edgars between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,001 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 11 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 burning184
Smoking37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use25
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism11
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony6

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
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1995Debris and open burning4.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WILKINSON008
20 September 2010Debris and open burning7.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WILKINSON-003
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WILKINSON006
14 September 2003Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilkinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Edgars: 12 past producers, 8 producers, 6 prospects, 2 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Aluminum, Clay, Aluminum, Kaolin. 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
Drill Site 3Kaolin, AluminumProspect
Drill Prospect 4Aluminum, KaolinProspect
Irwinton Bauxite DistrictAluminum, KaolinPast ProducerSEDIMENTARY
Mcintyre MillClayProducer
Toddville Plant No. 2 and 6ClayProducer
Toddville Plants 6c & 8ClayProducer
Wilkinson County MineClayPast Producer
Adkins MineAluminumPast Producer
Baum MineAluminumPast Producer
Dupree ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Wilkinson 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
Dedrich1.0 miles13
McIntyre1.2 miles13
Clayfields2.1 miles9
Wriley2.9 miles13
Youngblood Corners (historical)3.0 miles12
Irwinton3.1 miles13
Mount Carmel (historical)3.9 miles12
Carr Corners (historical)5.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331632. 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.